Would somebody explain why ...

[LuFins Dad]

DeWine and Ohio are celebrated for the early and extensive steps they took...

While

DeSantis and Florida are ridiculed and reviled for not taking this seriously enough

Yet...

Florida’s case count is only slightly higher Per Capita than Ohio, and they are about a week ahead of Ohio in flattening the curve?

[89th]

Weather?

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Would somebody explain why ...:

DeWine and Ohio are celebrated for the early and extensive steps they took...

While

DeSantis and Florida are ridiculed and reviled for not taking this seriously enough

Yet...

Florida’s case count is only slightly higher Per Capita than Ohio, and they are about a week ahead of Ohio in flattening the curve?

Florida doesn't fit the narrative.

[jon-nyc]

Florida’s case count is 57% higher than Ohio’s after adjusting for population.

1048/MM vs 666/MM

[jon-nyc]

Florida also presided over a weeks-long super spreading event that effected the whole country.

[Mik]

Yeah, sorry. DeSantis deserves the criticism. And that doesn't begin to address the large at risk population of Florida at the time.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Would somebody explain why ...:

Florida also presided over a weeks-long super spreading event that effected the whole country.

"Affected" but yeah.