Posted on 03/23/2020 11:31:00 AM PDT by david1292
More than 1.5 billion people around the world have been asked or ordered to stay home to slow the spread of coronavirus, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is refusing to do the same -- and pointing to New York as a reason why.
The Tampa Bay Times reports DeSantis said Monday that New Yorkers are fleeing the state and flocking to Florida to avoid NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s stay-at-home order, a near lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“If you look at what happened in New York, when they did the stay at home order, what did people do?” DeSantis said. “Well, a lot of people fled the city. ... We’re getting huge amounts of people flying in.”
Cuomo ordered all New York state residents to stay home starting Sunday night, with few exceptions, to slow the spread of coronavirus. Most businesses have to send 100 percent of their workers home. Those that stay open, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, must ensure customers stay at least six feet apart; restaurants can still offer drive-thru and takeout food. Gatherings are banned, including house gatherings. Vulnerable people need to stay indoors.
Other states that have similarly banned non-essential businesses or ordered residents to shelter in place include California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, Oregon, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
DeSantis said at a press conference Monday that he spoke to President Donald Trump on Sunday about Florida seeing an increase in travelers from New York.
“For every action, there’s a reaction,” DeSantis said. “We’re going to consider what makes sense for Florida.”
Trump has largely left states to decide how to respond to coronavirus, but said Sunday he may make a decision at the end of a “15-day period” next week.
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You need to differentiate between NYC and NY STATE.
There is no need to lock down the state over NYC/downstate area.
The Adirondacks takes up 1/4 of the land area of the state and it is very sparsely populated, especially in the winter.
One advantage of NYC is that the ocean borders part of it.
They can only flee to the north, west, and south, if Jersey and Connecticut let them in.
Screw Florida!
My money and ass right now would be in the Bahamas- at some undisclosed location
Or pick any of the following list
Turks and Caicos
St. John’s
Barbados
St. Lucia
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Saint Barts
The stores are mobbed .
A new NY invasion is here full of infected ones not the snow birds who were here ..
When the governor of New Jersey issued his stupid travel ban last week, one of the things he said was that people should NOT travel to their summer homes on the Jersey Shore. Why the hell not? If the schools and work places are closed, wouldn’t you WANT people to move from high-density places to low-density places?
Shhhhhh, don’t give them any ideas.
I still live in upstate NY, it's circling the bowl.
They are usually going back at this time. Getting warm here.
The northbound or southbound hordes on I-95 usually don’t bother with South Carolina since we’re nothing but a bunch of racist rednecks living in a disgusting Southern backwater where black folks fear the setting sun./s
And Hispanic people stopping at South of the Border for gas & lunch are still amazed that none of the wait staff speaks Spanish.
;^)
“You need to differentiate between NYC and NY STATE.”
Metmom, yes, I’d hoped that would have been obvious. Thanks for pointing it out explicitly.
What is that area of NYC and Jersey called? There’s a term for it.
For West Virginians and others, all they can do is look at a car’s state plate.
clamper1797 wrote:
“Need to close the Calif/Arizona borders as well. Californians are driving to the Arizona border towns and are cleaning out the grocery stores.”
More CA license plates in your area?
Given what Wolf just did, I don't think that's likely.
I’ll always remember those signs on the way to Myrtle Beach. Then the revelation that Ben Bernanke worked there as a kid.
How bout that?
Typing this while it's snowing big time here.... :-(
Flu York
You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive
-Billy Joel Miami 2017
MO locked down.
Let’s get the band back together
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