Florida tops the nation in new COVID cases.

[Zorro]

Florida tops the nation in new COVID cases. As they spike in its rural Big Bend, many still fear the vaccine more.


BRISTOL, Florida – The calls haven’t stopped.

For the last week, paramedic Melissa Peddie has fielded them back-to-back for cases of COVID-19.

Peddie runs the only ambulance in Liberty County, a sprawling, sparsely populated community in Florida’s rural Big Bend, where as of last week just 23.9% of residents were fully vaccinated. The county has seen a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases during July, mirroring other communities across the nation where many people have not gotten the shot.

Peddie, 51, is among the small minority. For her, vaccination was a “no-brainer.”

“I knew I would get the vaccine,” she said. “Every day I climb in the back of that truck is a risk."

https://news.yahoo.com/florida-tops-nation-covid-cases-151309966.html

No surprise about the COVID surge in Florida's Panhandle. It's the reddest part of the state.

[Phoenix61]

1. Also known as L.A.(Lower Alabama)

Lots of drive down tourists heading to the Gulf coast from unvaccinated areas. Limited medical resources. It’s not going to turn out well and DeSatan deciding to push the vaccine now is too little, too late.

[Lovie777]

2. Per the governor . . .

This is seasonal.

[LisaL]

3. And the season is covid.

NT

[hatrack]

4. Florida! Come For The Dead Fish And Brevetoxin, Stay For/On The Ventilators!