Ron DeSantis thumbed his nose at public health experts throughout much of the Covid-19 pandemic, cracking down on institutions looking to impose preventative measures, appointing an anti-vax surgeon general who doctored data to support his stance, and even forming a state committee to counter recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control.
NBC News is now reporting that two key public health positions in the governor and presidential candidate’s administration are empty. The openings include the chief of the Florida Health Department’s Bureau of Epidemiology, as well as the bureau’s head of surveillance.
NBC News is now reporting that two key public health positions in the governor and presidential candidate’s administration are empty. The openings include the chief of the Florida Health Department’s Bureau of Epidemiology, as well as the bureau’s head of surveillance.
- 7/7/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Florida has the most variant covid cases in the United States. State health officials say in the two weeks following spring break cases have more than doubled and surpassed 11,800 cases, as of Wednesday.
Officials fear that because “less than one-half of 1 percent of cases are studied for the mutations,” the increase in variant cases they are seeing could be an indication that the spread is accelerating, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
According to ABC News, 753 variant cases from three strains were reported on March 14 in Florida. Then on April 15, 5,177 cases...
Officials fear that because “less than one-half of 1 percent of cases are studied for the mutations,” the increase in variant cases they are seeing could be an indication that the spread is accelerating, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
According to ABC News, 753 variant cases from three strains were reported on March 14 in Florida. Then on April 15, 5,177 cases...
- 5/9/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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