Florida to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, bars

[Bt1 5,213]

The doom comments regarding Florida has aged so bad and people are still making them. 

[ssslyboy 3,273]

34 minutes ago, Florin said:

The doom comments regarding Florida has aged so bad and people are still making them. 

Agree. Can we revisit this thread in a month and compare the comments to the reality of what happens 

[INNA 3,788]

Omfg. They really just said **** it... 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

Why is COVID not being treated as a national emergency like it was announced earlier and instead on a state to state basis???

...like...there is no standard anywhere and this is why the numbers of infections and deaths continue to rise because moronic states like Florida want to act as if corona doesn't exist and just want to get the economy back to normal...

 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

8 hours ago, SevenWonder said:

Florida being Florida.

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,965]

8 hours ago, destructivelove said:

this will be interesting to see it play out over the next couple weeks... if cases stay moderately around the same current rate despite an almost assured increase in virus-tourism, this will be touted as a HUGE win for Trump (he will take credit), and will pull in swing voters who don't love Trumps insensitivities, but are also seeing their lives and careers fall apart financially.  If this works well for Florida, or even just isn't a huge disaster (a small increase in cases will still be highlighted as a success by the right), expect more states like TN, GA, SC, NC, TX, etc to follow suit.   This would play particularly well into Trump's narrative as it would "prove" the "evil democrats" are just staying shut down as a political warfare tactic.  

If the cases in Florida skyrocket it will spell almost guaranteed huge losses in independent/moderate support for the president, especially those who are not small business owners and were cushioned enough by the heightened unemployment benefits (or were able to work from home) to not feel pressured to risk health for financial stability.  It will prove the notion the President cares more about his re-election and vanity, than the long term safety and health of the country. 

The question becomes why a close ally to the President would make such a huge gamble, unless*** he knows he can control the outcome and data.  Expect this to be an all out media war.  The governor will likely try to limit testing capabilities and funding, while also relying on conservative media sources to tout localized successes in more sparse rural counties.  On the other hand, the DNC and media allies, will stand ready to hyper-focus on any and all surges - I can foresee them highlighting numbers of positive cases in dense places like Miami (for example showing one busy hospital in Miami and projecting it to be the standard for the whole state), while not necessarily explaining the gradually lowering mortality rate and decreasing severity of symptoms.   

This will have a huge impact on the election regardless

 

I think it's about his term and his reelection, without much for the party or Trump. Many people in Florida will have moved on from deaths when he's up for election in 3 years. But recovering the economy would be much harder and would be a significant part of his record.