President Trump claimed ally and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken 'decisive steps' against the virus. But thousands of health care workers and a pending lawsuit say his leadership has been inadequate.
in Florida on March 1, yet public health experts say DeSantis' actions were anything but"decisive steps" taken"early on."to close beaches around the state. Governors in other parts of the country were locking down cities and counties, but DeSantis adopted a hands-off approach for weeks.
The tactic has left front-line medical workers unsettled. Nearly 2,000 Florida healthcare professionals an open letter to Desantis pleading with him to take more aggressive actions to hinder the spread of the virus, including enacting a statewide shelter-in-place order.to say to theof Florida's response to the pandmeic:"Quite honestly, if we don't do anything, we'll be like New York," referring to the United States' epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak.
"People should just chill out and stay around the house as much as they can," DeSantis said."In terms of being social right now, this is just not the time to have big social gatherings." Desantis said if the White House task force specifically asked him to adopt greater containment policies, he would consider it, but he noted that federal officials have not done so.
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