@chyna Sorry, I missed answering you. Florida has not traced many cases back to the beaches, it is traced back to the restaurants and bars at the beaches. For a while DeSantis closed the bars for a second time because of it. I thin Miami mayor also reclosed beaches for a while, because people were just congregating too much period and they have more of a problem down there. I am not trying to defend DeSantis, he could have and should have done much more, I am only trying to relay what actually happened. My argument about the media is not that they shouldn’t report what is happening, my argument is they should report the full story and stop putting emphasis on things for political reasons and ratings.
Your information is one sided because you are not watching DeSantis in full, you are only reading what the media reports. At this point I would say the whole thing is out of control and DeSantis has basically thrown his hands up, but that was not the case for months. For months DeSantis gave a reasonable message, but stopped short of an order (a mistake) but the advisory could have been carried by the media with the same force as an order. The media helped DeSantis decide to do nothing in my opinion. When he did anything he received no recognition for it. That means he is a bad leader, but I also find fault with the media.
Here are quick links where I give you the time to forward to. My guess is most people on this Q have no idea DeSantis said and did any of these things over and over again. What if these clips were promoted over and over again as much as where DeSantis fell short? What if media showed what our Florida Health Department sent out over and over again to follow the three C’s? Sent by my republican representative via email promoting what the governor asked of us? Here’s just a few clips:
See where DeSantis tells people to wear a mask at minute 2:40 and then puts on his mask when he steps away from the mic minute 11:20. Link from June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSWjpGD05fU
Minute 15:00 steps away from mic and puts on his mask, Link from May 5/6/2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJxBgC0r00&t=912s
Minute 50:15 DeSantis talks about superspreaders and higher risk activities funerals, church services, choir, business convention. Link from April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeU2OZtXBJM&t=2626s
Minute 12:45 puts on a mask when he steps away from the mic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZxQaq1qp8A