Florida Asks for Hundreds More Ventilators as COVID-19 Cases Spiral, Says Report

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Source: daily beast




Aug. 10, 2021 8:57AM ET
Reuters/Callaghan O'Hare

While Gov. Ron DeSantis carries on with his tough-guy act of telling President Joe Biden to keep out of Florida’s worsening coronavirus crisis, the state has reportedly asked the federal government for urgent help. According to Local10, Florida’s Department of Health and Human Services asked the federal government for 300 ventilators on Friday as it dealt with a record-breaking surge of new coronavirus cases. A document seen by the network said more machines—which are expected to be delivered this week—were needed “to replace expended state stores.” Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that 56,633 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past two days, but Florida’s health department disputed those figures and gave its own, much-lower total.






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BREAKING: Broward County will require masks in schools in defiance of DeSantis' attempts to block Florida schools from imposing mandates.

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[Texaswitchy]

1. Yeah .

Tough guy act and now he needs help from Biden.

[forgotmylogin]

21. Vaccines are cheaper than ventilators. n/t

[rickford66]

2. The Red State raised the Blue Flag.

We all remember how TLG treated Blue States.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. It's almost like he and Abbott are literally "testing" the acceptance of fascism

I.e., how far can they go before people finally turn off the ballgame or the latest episode of whatever is popular on Netflix, and pays attention.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. DeSantis to Joe Biden on August 4th: "I don't want to hear a blip about COVID from you."

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[TomCADem]

27. DeSantis said any intervention from the federal government "would be very inappropriate."

Hasn’t DeSantis cancelled the request? He has been saying that his office was unaware of the request and opposes any intervention by the federal government.

[riversedge]

5. U.S. government sends hundreds of ventilators to Florida as Covid surge continues

U.S. government sends hundreds of ventilators to Florida as Covid surge continues

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/u-s-government-sends-hundreds-ventilators-florida-covid-surge-continues-n1276515?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np

As of Tuesday, 14,787 people were hospitalized, 145 percent more than during the state’s previous peak in July 2020, a state hospital group said.



Aug. 10, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT
By Shannon Pettypiece

WASHINGTON — The federal government has sent hundreds of ventilators and other equipment to Florida this week to help the state respond to a record-breaking number of Covid hospitalizations.

The devices came from the federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile and included 200 ventilators and 100 smaller breathing devices and related supplies, according to an HHS official.

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[Evolve Dammit]

6. Check the Everglades. Maybe the pythons took 'em. Seriously DeSatan, f off.

[cos dem]

7. Go get them from JarJar.

I'm sure he's got a bunch squirreled away, and he'd sell them to you for a generous markup.

[monkeyman1]

8. FUCK FLORIDUH & RONNY THE MAN OF DEATH ! PERIOD !

TOLD FEDERAL GOV. TO STAY OUT OF HIS MESS ! PUT THIS FUCKER IN JAIL !!

[IronLionZion]

9. But no mask or vaccine mandates

and no requiring proof of vaccine because that would be socialism.

[Hiawatha Pete]

15. +1 n/t

[bahboo]

10. well of course, Biden is a FAR bigger man than I....

I would make that sniveling little fascist wannabe grovel in the mud for them....

[groundloop]

19. Sadly it's not the little fascist weasel who'll die without a ventilator

[orangecrush]

11. I see

People fleeing from Florida en masse when this thing gets into full swing by October.

[monkeyman1]

12. got that right ! got friends doing that as I type this !

people are stuck between a rock & hard spot in floriduh ! feel sorry for them & then again I don't ! now ronny death want's federal help ! IF i was biden I'd say -" you step down & the U.S. people will help people florida out of this ! if not , you don't want to hear from us ! that simple ! there is nothing in the constitution that say's we have to unless it's a declaration of emergency!!

[roamer65]

14. I see us in Michigan turning them back.

[orangecrush]

17. ...

[roamer65]

18. Laugh all u want.

I can see it getting nasty if this gets much worse.

I wouldn’t want Florida or Texas plates on my car up here in the next few months.

None of us have ever been through a pandemic like this one, especially the coming wave.

[IronLionZion]

16. The reverse of winter people

Floridians will head north for the winter

[obamanut2012]

22. Maybe snowbirds and retirees, but most of us actually work

And live here with our families. We couldn't leave if we wanted to.

[George II]

13. If it wasn't for the fact that people are dying down there, I wish Biden would say "blip you!"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. But masks and vaccines are forbidden.

[twodogsbarking]

23. You can have ventilators if you resign.

I like that.

[MissMillie]

24. As Kevin Costner says in "Dances with Wolves"...

"Good trade."

So, Governor DeathSentence... what's more important--the health and safety of the people of FL, or your political career?

[BlueWavePsych]

25. DeathSantis!

[TomCADem]

26. This is confusing. DeSantis is asking for ventilators..

…from the federal government who he said he wanted to leave Florida alone to help with the pandemic that DeSantis is bragging he has under control?