Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz issued the following statement after new evidence emerged showing that the recent spike in COVID-19 deaths was driven by the unvaccinated, at a time when vaccines were widely available. Since mid-June when deaths hit 600,000, vaccines have been accessible to anyone older than 12. This weekend the number of deaths
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran Editor’s note: Since this article was published, Mr. Corcoran has gotten off his butt and filed the appropriate papers to claim the funds. By Jeffrey Schweers, Capital Bureau, USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida, Oct 5, 2021. The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran Monday asking why
The Daily Sun, Oct 7, 2021 TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, blasted the governor over his school mask policy, and showed data she says supports masks as an effective weapon in fighting COVID-19 in schools. “Masks are effective and proven to reduce the spread of COVID
We buried my older brother today; not because he had been sick, but because what should have been a simple medical decision got twisted into a political debate. And he, like thousands of others, lost. He was betrayed by people who themselves were vaccinated and who stayed away from people who weren’t, people who let
By The Editorial Board, The New York Times, Sept. 10, 2021. As Americans contemplate the prospect of a second winter trapped in the grip of Covid-19, remember that it didn’t need to be this way. Vaccines were developed in record time, and have proved to be both incredibly safe and stunningly effective. Nearly two-thirds of eligible Americans
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on September 10, 2021. Our local school board has a history of proactive policies and measures put in place for the safety and security of students and employees. It grieves me that a public health and safety issue has become so controversial and
By Chris Persaud, The Palm Beach Post, Sept 3, 2021 For the third week in a row, Florida posted more COVID-19 deaths than ever before as it reported fewer people getting the second dose of the vaccine than at any point since winter. The state’s coronavirus death toll climbed 2,345 people this week, a comparison
By LAURA CASSELS AND DIANE RADO , Florida Phoenix, August 30, 2021 Back in December, Gov. Ron DeSantis prioritized the elderly population for COVID-19 vaccines, a strategy that went against the status quo and pushed for seniors to get the shots first. Eight months later, CDC data show that 82.1 percent of Florida residents 65 and older are
By Charles M. Blow, The New York Times Opinion Columnist, August 29, 2021. Republican politics have become oppositional politics: Deny the science, demean the media, own the libs. Conservatives are less defined by what they are for than by what they are against. Donald Trump put this concept on steroids because it was beneficial to him
On Friday, Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper ruled that Governor Ron DeSantis acted beyond the boundaries of his authority when he signed an executive order blocking local school boards from enacting mask protocols. The ruling came after a four-day trial in a case brought to court by concerned parents from Hillsborough, Pinellas,
Opinion by Paul Waldman, Washington Post Columnist, August 24, 2021. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus, and approvals for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines could follow soon. This could be a significant step in convincing the millions of unvaccinated Americans to finally get vaccinated,
The following letter was published in the Daily Sun on August, 22, 2021. For the record, let’s acknowledge that: We all are very upset, suffering and want this unbearable pain to end. We all want to be treated with dignity, our needs understood, and to be accepted for whom we are. We love and care
On Sunday, Leon County Schools, home to the capital city of Tallahassee, became another school district in Florida to institute a mask mandate for students that doesn’t give parents the choice to opt out, bucking an order from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). On Friday August 20th, the Sarasota County school board voted to require masks.
By Dan Goldberg, Politico, August 18, 2021. Republican governors in some of the states hardest hit by the pandemic are pushing expensive Covid cocktails over cheap masks. The governors in Florida, Missouri and Texas are promising millions of dollars in antibody treatments for infected people even as they oppose vaccine and mask mandates, saying they can
By Nancy J. Semon, The Daily Sun staff writer , Aug 18, 2021. As Covid-19 cases soar in local schools, Charlotte and DeSoto school officials are not planning to discuss a mask mandate for students amid strong opposition from some parents and threats from Gov. Ron DeSantis. Sarasota County school officials have set an emergency
Opinion by the Washington Post Editorial Board, August 18, 2021. In lieu of a pediatric coronavirus vaccine, masks are the best tool schools have to thwart infections. But instead of doing everything in their power to protect students, nine GOP-led states have banned school districts from requiring masks amid a nasty Covid-19 surge that is seeing record-high hospitalizations among
This letter to the editor was published in The Daily Sun on August 18, 2021. I am so tired of the fake controversy with the Covid vaccine. I am a three-time cancer victor. I got vaccinated ASAP. My family did as well, most of them, those that didn’t have their excuses. Mostly being “I don’t
The Daily Sun Editorial, August 16,2021. OUR POSITION: After lawsuits and criticism began piling up, Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken some action to attack the spread of COVID-19 in the state. It took a while, but maybe Gov. Ron DeSantis is finally hearing Floridians who fear the rapid spread of the delta variant of COVID-19.
By Nancy J. Semon, The Daily Sun Staff Writer, Aug 13, 2021 Now that local schools have resumed, COVID-19 cases among students and school personnel are increasing. Health officials have said the delta variant of COVID-19 is affecting younger people. So far the Pfizer vaccine is only available to children 12 and older. Charlotte County
By John Kennedy, Capital Bureau, USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA, August 13, 2021. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mandatory school masks, challenged by several county school boards and revamped by his own administration, faces an early test Friday in a Leon County courtroom. Circuit Judge John Cooper has scheduled a hearing on a lawsuit brought by parents from a half-dozen
On Tuesday August 10th, the State of Florida reported 24,753 new COVID cases to the CDC, breaking its record for new infections for the third time in a week. The state, which accounts for roughly 6.5% of the nation’s population, is now seeing almost 19% of new cases in the United States. The seven-day moving
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