INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES ARE REALLY
BENDING UNDER THE STRAIN IN
TERMS OF THEIR HOSPITALIZATION
BURDENS, WE REALLY DON’T KNOW
HOW BAD THE BURDEN IS STATEWIDE
IN FLORIDA.
I CAN’T, FOR EXAMPLE, SHOW YOU
ANY CHARTS ABOUT THE CURRENT
NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IN
FLORIDA OR HOW THEY’VE GONE UP
OR DOWN OVER TIME.
THE REASON I CAN’T SHOW YOU THAT
IS BECAUSE FLORIDA DOESN’T
RELEASE THAT DATA.
LOTS OF OTHER STATES, ALMOST ALL
OF THE OTHER STATES RELEASE
THEIR HOSPITALIZATION DATA.
FLORIDA JUST STOPPED DOING THAT.
THEY STOPPED REPORTING
HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS
STATEWIDE AT THE END OF MAY,
WHICH "THE MIAMI HERALD"
SUGGESTS THEIR RISE IN CASES
STARTED TAKE UG OFF.
THEY JUST DECIDED THEY WOULDN’T
PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT IN
PUBLIC VIEW ANYMORE.
FLORIDA IS SO CAGEY ABOUT ITS
NUMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO
CORONAVIRUS, THAT THEY FIRED THE
PERSON THEY HAD RUNNING THE
STATE’S WEBSITE SHOWING ALL OF
THE CORONAVIRUS DATA.
SHE SAID THEY FIRED HER BECAUSE
THEY WANTED HER TO MANIPULATE
AND REMOVE DATA IN ORDER TO MAKE
THE PANDEMIC LOOK MORE UNDER
CONTROL IN FLORIDA THAN IT
ACTUALLY WAS.
SHE’S INCIDENTALLY NOW LAUNCHED
HER OWN HANDMADE PERSONAL
VERSION OF THE FLORIDA
CORONAVIRUS DATA DASHBOARD THAT
SHE USED TO RUN FOR THE STATE.
SHE’S JUST DOING IT HERSELF NOW
FROM HOME IN THEIR SPARE TIME
BECAUSE SHE SAYS THE STATE
WOULDN’T LET HER POST THE REAL
DATA ONLINE AT THE OFFICIAL
SITE, SO SHE’S JUST DOING HER
BEST NOW AS A PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL.
FLORIDA HAS ALSO RESISTED
POSTING DATA ABOUT OUTBREAKS AND
DEATHS AT ITS NURSING HOMES AND
IN WORKPLACES.
FLORIDA LIKES TO KEEP THE
NUMBERS NICE AND QUIET.
BECAUSE PRESUMABLY IF YOU DON’T
KNOW, THEN EVERYTHING’S FINE?
THAT’S ONE WAY OF DEALING WITH
THE CRISIS.
PULL THE COVERS OVER YOUR HEAD,
SAY EVERYTHING IS FINE AND HOPE
NOBODY NOTICES THE BODIES PILING
UP.
BUT AS THEY MOVE, THE RNC,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
AND ALL OF THOSE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF REPUBLICAN
DELEGATES AND ALL OF THE MEDIA
AND HANGERS HAD MUCH ON, AS THEY
MOVE FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA, WHICH KNOWS IT HAS A
PROBLEM, TO JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA, WHERE THEY DON’T SAY
WHETHER OR NOT THEY’RE HAVING A
PROBLEM, THERE’S ONE OTHER
WRINKLE TO CONSIDER ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THEY’RE MOVING TO
JACKSONVILLE.
AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO
RELATED TO THE SUPER BOWL,
JACKSONVILLE HAS THIS
INTERESTING HISTORY OF USING
CRUISE SHIPS TO HOUSE
OUT-OF-TOWNERS WHO ARE VISITING
FOR LARGE-SCALE EVENTS.
WELL, NOW THAT JACKSONVILLE IS
GOING TO HOST THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION BECAUSE
NORTH CAROLINA WAS BEING SO
PRISSY ABOUT THIS DUMB PANDEMICS
REPUBLICANS DON’T BELIEVE IS
REAL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CRUISE
SHIP HOUSING SOLUTION IS BEING
CONSIDERED ONCE AGAIN FOR
JACKSONVILLE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.
CRUISE SHIPS, SERIOUSLY?
THE LOCAL NBC AFFILIATE
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, REPORTING
THAT MANY OF THE HOTELS IN THE
CITY ARE ALREADY SOLD-OUT FOR
THE WEEK OF THE RNC.
REMEMBER, THEY MOVED THIS THING
AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE.
NOW THE CITY’S FORMER MAYOR SAYS
THERE ARE ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS
GOING ON ABOUT BRINGING IN
CRUISE SHIPS TO DEAL WITH
OVERFLOW GUESTS WHO ARE THERE
FOR THE RNC.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FLORIDA
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ALSO SAYING
THAT CRUISE SHIPS COULD BE A
GOOD OPTION IN TERMS OF HOUSING
PEOPLE FOR THE RNC.
YEAH, NICE PLACE TO STUFF THEM
INTO AFTER THEY SPEND THE DAY
SCREAMING AND CHANTING INDOORS
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER
MOSTLY OLDER PEOPLE NOT WEARING
MASKS IN ONE OF THE STATES WITH
THE LARGEST AND FASTEST-GROWING
PANDEMICS IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY’RE GOING TO PUT THEM ON
CRUISE SHIPS.
I MEAN, NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
THEY’RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE A
NIGHTLY RNC DELEGATE DOORKNOB
LICKING COMPETITION.
OR MAYBE THE BIG PUPPY PILEUP
WHERE EVERYBODY OVER 75 TAKES A
LICK ON THE GIANT SOFT SERVE
CONE.
STICK YOUR FACE IN THERE, GIVE
IT A SLURP AND PASS IT ON TO THE
NEXT GRANDPA.
ANYBODY WANT TO PLAY SQUEEZE MY
FACE?
WET WILLIE, ANYONE?
AFTER THAT YOU ALL GO BACK TO
