The Sunshine State now accounts for nearly 1 in 5 cases in America's wave of new infections driven by the Delta variant.Florida, which has vaccinated just less than half of its population, racked up 110724 new infections last week. Many hospitals are filling up. Local leaders are pleading with people to wear masks and get vaccinated before it is too late
DeSantis will be one of the hot favorites to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 -- if Donald Trump decides to pass.
Critics can accuse DeSantis of putting politics before lives. But he is speaking for millions of pandemic skeptics on the right. And he’s showing the kind of ruthlessness necessary to rise in the Republican bear pit.
“Relative to the average American a Trump voter is 13 percentage points less likely to get vaccinated.” On “Checks and Balance”our data journalist gelliottmorris sheds light on vaccine hesitancy
Critics can accuse DeSantis of putting politics before lives. But he is speaking for millions of pandemic skeptics on the right. And he’s showing the kind of ruthlessness necessary to rise in the Republican bear pit.
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sheds light on vaccine hesitancy