Coral Gables Environment, Politics and Government
June 24, 2020 Leave a comment
Infections exploding, deaths creeping up, hospitalizations up.
Politicians awakening and demanding face masks, social distancing especially in restaurants and stores.
June 24, 2020 Leave a comment
Here in Florida we have a weak Governor DeSantis who is willing to sacrifice the health of residents to business interests, rather than opening the state slowly with enough testing and contact tracing to control the infection rate.
Mayor Gimenez of Miami-Dade County, the state leader in COVID-19 has weakly followed the lead of the state and federal government.
The University of Miami is opening its campus in the City of Coral Gables, which will surely add to local community Covid infections.
June 23, 2020 Leave a comment
The mayors of seven Miami-Dade cities on Monday announced new rules requiring people to wear face masks anywhere in public, a response to rising numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations — a measure they conceded will be tough to enforce. The cities of Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, North Miami Beach, Miami Shores, Aventura, and Key Biscayne will require people to wear masks at all times in public.
Miami-Dade’s largest cities order masks to be worn in public | Miami Herald
June 22, 2020 Leave a comment
Clearly, in terms of infections, no sign of declining deaths, weak testing and contact testing in South Florida counties, Florida is a US hot spot along with several other states.
There is a willingness to have a POLITICAL OPENING with acceptable numbers of deaths and weakly supervised openings of restaurants, beaches, bars, churches…
There is evidence that Governor DeSantis wants to keep POTUS happy and Mayor Gimenez, Miami-Dade County, wants to keep the governor happy.
Citizens cannot count on state and local governments to prioritize health safety now or in there future compared to political and business owners’ interests.
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