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As Coronavirus Rages In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis Melts Down Over Ice Cream

  

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Via:  tessylo  •  3 years ago  •  28 comments

By:   Ed Mazza, Huffpost

As Coronavirus Rages In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis Melts Down Over Ice Cream

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As Coronavirus Rages In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis Melts Down Over Ice Cream






Ed Mazza






Wed, August 4, 2021, 4:35 AM





As Florida  battles a surge in  coronavirus  cases and a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, Gov.  Ron DeSantis  (R) is getting caught up in a food fight. 




On Tuesday, DeSantis added British brand conglomerate Unilever to the state’s list of “scrutinized companies” because one of its divisions, Ben & Jerry’s, announced last month that it would   stop ice cream sales in Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem . The move could ultimately prohibit Florida from having investments in Unilever or any contracts with the company and its subsidiaries if it doesn’t reverse course in 90 days.

In a news release, DeSantis said he wanted to deter “ woke corporations ” and send a message “that we will defend our strong relationship with the Jewish State.”

On Tuesday, Florida reported 11,515 people hospitalized with the coronavirus, a pandemic   record , including some 2,400 in ICUs,   per the Orlando Sentinel . And experts do not see any relief in the immediate future. 

“Short term and long term, the cases are going to explode,” Edwin Michael, a professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida in Tampa,   told The New York Times . “We are predicting that the cases will be peaking the first week of September.”

Michael said that without a slowdown in cases, the state might exceed hospital bed capacity by early next month. 

But as cases continue to climb, DeSantis has prioritized his culture war with Ben & Jerry’s.

“I will not stand idly by as woke corporate ideologues seek to boycott and divest from our ally, Israel,” DeSantis stated.

DeSantis has been far more passive when it comes to preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Last week,  he signed an executive order   to cut funding to school districts that require face coverings. As classes prepare to resume in the midst of the latest wave of the pandemic, both   the CDC   and the   American Academy of Pediatrics  have recommended universal masks indoors and in schools. 

DeSantis is also  fighting in court   to prevent COVID-19 vaccine requirements on cruise ships.

This article originally appeared on   HuffPost   and has been updated.









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Tessylo
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1  seeder  Tessylo    3 years ago

"On Tuesday, Florida reported 11,515 people hospitalized with the coronavirus, a pandemic      record  , including some 2,400 in ICUs,      per the Orlando Sentinel  . And experts do not see any relief in the immediate future." 

Priorities people, priorities!

 
 
 
SteevieGee
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1.1  SteevieGee  replied to  Tessylo @1    3 years ago

Oooh!  But look over here!!!  Commie Ice cream company!!!  Pay no attention to the dying Florida children.  Ben and Jerry bad!!!

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Tessylo @1    3 years ago

512

 
 
 
Tessylo
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2  seeder  Tessylo    3 years ago

Florida governor blocks school mask mandates, says parents can choose

Rich McKay
Fri, July 30, 2021, 1:34 PM

By Rich McKay

(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order on Friday blocking mask mandates in the state's schools, saying parents had the right to decide if their children would wear face coverings.

The move by DeSantis, a Republican who has opposed strict COVID-19 rules on residents and businesses, overrules a requirement by two Florida counties, Broward and Gadsen, that students cover their faces when they return to class next month.

“In Florida, there will be no lockdowns, there will be no school closures, there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in announcing his executive order during a speech in southwest Cape Coral.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3  seeder  Tessylo    3 years ago

People are dead and dying due to this ignorance . 

 
 
 
evilone
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4  evilone    3 years ago

I wonder when the civil lawsuits will start against DeSantis for his part in the deaths of so many people? Probably never as these fuckers are almost never held accountable. Cuomo is getting his, so maybe there is hope that DeSandis might eventually.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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4.1  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  evilone @4    3 years ago

They should all be held criminally negligent, that includes #45, DeSantis, Fux 'news' and anyone else spreading this ignorance and mis-dis-information.  

They all have hundreds of thousands deaths on their hands.  

 
 
 
Ronin2
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4.1.1  Ronin2  replied to  Tessylo @4.1    3 years ago

So what about all of the people that have died under Biden's watch due to Covid 19? Should Biden be charged for all of their deaths given his administration's ever changing standards on Covid 19?

 
 
 
Split Personality
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4.1.2  Split Personality  replied to  Ronin2 @4.1.1    3 years ago

Context Ronin, context.

Cases and deaths kept dropping until July 4th this year.

800

 
 
 
Ronin2
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4.2  Ronin2  replied to  evilone @4    3 years ago

The same time they will start against the Democrat governors that put people that tested positive for Covid 19 into retirement and nursing homes that couldn't care for them. Exploding Covid 19 related deaths in those places.

 
 
 
evilone
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4.2.1  evilone  replied to  Ronin2 @4.2    3 years ago
The same time they will start against the Democrat governors that put people that tested positive for Covid 19 into retirement and nursing homes that couldn't care for them.

If criminal or civil negligence can be proven in court it should, no matter who it is or why it was done. 

 
 
 
Ender
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4.2.2  Ender  replied to  evilone @4.2.1    3 years ago

He doesn't really care. It is only an us against them mindset and nothing more.

 
 
 
evilone
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4.2.3  evilone  replied to  Ender @4.2.2    3 years ago

I know. I was trying to head off that bullshit.

 
 
 
Kavika
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4.2.4  Kavika   replied to  Ronin2 @4.2    3 years ago

512

 
 
 
Kavika
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5  Kavika     3 years ago

It's much better to be a ''woke'' corporation or person than a ''slept'' one like DeSantis. 

 
 
 
Ender
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6  Ender    3 years ago

Like he really gives a shit about Israel.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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6.1  Split Personality  replied to  Ender @6    3 years ago

Israel completely bought into masks and lock downs, but reopened too soon.

In face of Delta variant, Israel reverts to stringent COVID-19 restrictions (jns.org)

In Florida the Governor is now threatening to defund school districts over mask mandates.

Can't make this shit up.

 
 
 
Ender
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6.1.1  Ender  replied to  Split Personality @6.1    3 years ago

I can't see how that can be legal. Talk about over reach.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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6.1.2  seeder  Tessylo  replied to  Split Personality @6.1    3 years ago

"DeSantis has been far more passive when it comes to preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Last week,   he signed an executive order      to cut funding to school districts that require face coverings. As classes prepare to resume in the midst of the latest wave of the pandemic, both      the CDC      and the      American Academy of Pediatrics   have recommended universal masks indoors and in schools."

 
 
 
Kavika
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6.1.3  Kavika   replied to  Ender @6.1.1    3 years ago

Education Lawyer: Expect Legal Challenges Over DeSantis Order On School Masks

Two lawsuits were filed today.

 
 
 
Kavika
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6.2  Kavika   replied to  Ender @6    3 years ago

As one of my neighbors would say, ''DeSantis is such a putz''...From the Jewish contingent in Ocala, FL.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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7  Paula Bartholomew    3 years ago

Ben And Jerry should add a new flavor in his honor....Fuckin' Nuts.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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7.1  Split Personality  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @7    3 years ago

or NuckinFutz jrSmiley_82_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Kavika
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7.1.1  Kavika   replied to  Split Personality @7.1    3 years ago

Another good one.

 
 
 
Kavika
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7.1.2  Kavika   replied to  Split Personality @7.1    3 years ago

or NoNutz diet ice cream.

 
 
 
Kavika
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7.2  Kavika   replied to  Paula Bartholomew @7    3 years ago

LMAO, good one.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8  seeder  Tessylo    3 years ago

Now there is a post up about this shithead and his rant against Biden regarding this.  Please no one comment on the usual ignorance from a certain poster

 
 
 
Tessylo
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9  seeder  Tessylo    3 years ago

I never heard him speak before.  He sounds like the whiney little dickhead that he is

 
 

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