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Why is Florida so secretive with COVID records?Editorial, Tampa Bay Times, 9/8/2021
A Democratic state lawmaker and a non-profit group allege the Department of Health has violated public-records laws by refusing to provide detailed data about COVID-19 in Florida. Orlando Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and the Florida Center for Government Accountability filed the lawsuit last Monday after the department denied requests for information. As the outbreak worsened, and schools began to open, the plaintiffs sought to gauge the impact of COVID on local communities, seeking daily case counts and information about hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations.
The department provided inconsistent responses to these requests, the lawsuit states, though ultimately officials claimed the records were confidential and exempt from public disclosure. Never mind the state had posted extensive, daily reports of county-specific data until suddenly halting the practice in June, or that the records sought involved aggregate data, not anything that identified individual people.
This information is vital to the ability of citizens to understand the risks and make informed decisions about their lives, the lawsuit states, accusing the DeSantis administration of concealing the record to paint the illusory picture that the virus had been defeated.
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Irish_Dem
(59,738 posts)SheltieLover
(60,299 posts)Irish_Dem
(59,738 posts)SheltieLover
(60,299 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,882 posts)And the Governor does not want the truth out.
Xoan
(25,456 posts)patphil
(7,122 posts)The Trumpiness is strong in this one.
He cares only for his presidential run, and will do all he can to minimize the Covid pandemic in Florida.
Pain, suffering, and death of Floridians is irrelevant compared to his need to be President.
In a word, its the governor trying to keep the tourists coming. Our real estate is on fire with people moving here. Even with climate challenges n Covid, seems not to be slowing down.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)have no idea what a sociopath is and what they do.
11 Bravo
(24,075 posts)regarding Covid since day one.
AmBlue
(3,444 posts)And let's not forget, DEATHsantis puts those of us who live in this godforsaken state at immensely greater risk by his criminal duplicity and malfeasance.
If my county is EXPLODING with COVID, I should have a right to know that and take proper precautions. As it is, I have to live my life everyday as if COVID is waiting for me outside my front door.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)And sick ones.
Kids.
No a pretty thing.
lpbk2713
(43,201 posts)Florida breaks Covid patient records every day. He doesn't want the truth to be known.
Dreampuff
(778 posts)He has tried to hide the numbers from the beginning and that was part of the issue with Rebecca Jones, which he banished to Maryland.
He definitely is a sociopath since he has no conscience and he couldn't care less how many people are sick or dead. He wants to get reelected and I still think he wants to be the next president. He figures if people were stupid enough to vote Trump into office, he should have a chance at it, too.
Unfortunately, According to some polling, he actually has a chance at being re-elected..