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My perception during COVID was Ron was doing a good job. But Fl. was 3rd in deaths.

Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:46 pm
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:46 pm


Was it because Florida as a lot of retirees?




LINK

Also Flo Rida was 18th per capita.

Florida was the 5th oldest in median age in 2021 at 42.7. LINK
Posted by rmnldr
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:47 pm to
Google “U.S. population by state”
Posted by Stingray
Shreveport
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:48 pm to
Not really government's job to stop a cold virus pandemic anyway.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
139181 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

Google “U.S. population by state”


I have the per capita ranking in the OP.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
139181 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:49 pm to
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Not really government's job to stop a cold virus pandemic anyway.


You're terms are acceptable.
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

Was it because Florida as a lot of retirees?


Yankees are weak.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
1-866-DHS-2-ICE
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:50 pm to
DeSantis did do a good job.

In my opinion, that map has more to do with non-obese white people. Almost all of the states that had a high death rate have a lot of minorities and a whole bunch of fatties.
Posted by lsursb
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
12128 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:51 pm to
Florida also has he largest percentage of population over 65 years of age (19.4%). Just ahead of Arizona. Just a lot of young people to balance out the population demographics.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
139181 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:51 pm to
quote:

quote:

Was it because Florida as a lot of retirees?



Yankees are weak.


Or insulin is strong. (If you know what I mean.)
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:51 pm to
quote:

I have the per capita ranking in the OP.


Then you already know that Florida was 18th (if you don't control for how many old people live there) and that the raw numbers (at least the first 4-5) are simply a function of the population of the states.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 12:52 pm
Posted by jonnyanony
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

Yankees are weak.


To be fair, most Floridians were Yankees before
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32580 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:53 pm to
Make it stop
Posted by PorkSammich
North FL
Member since Sep 2013
17208 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:53 pm to
Trump used to agree:

quote:

During Tuesday's White House press briefing, President Trump said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is "a great governor" who "knows exactly what he's doing" in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted by DallasTiger11
Los Angeles
Member since Mar 2004
13436 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:53 pm to
Nice title bait and then you answered your own dumb question in your post
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
136360 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

Was it because Florida as a lot of retirees?
It's because FL is (1) the 3rd largest state and (2) FL was the reservoir for fleeing New Yorkers.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
126763 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:54 pm to
I love how the Trump posters sound exactly like the mainstream media when criticizing DeSantis.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
128475 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:54 pm to
Dude. Come on.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
142249 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:54 pm to
Florida is known as “God’s waiting room” for a reason.

Not to mention they were counting all deaths as “Covid deaths”.
Posted by jonnyanony
Member since Nov 2020
14994 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:55 pm to
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I love how the Trump posters sound exactly like the mainstream media when criticizing DeSantis.


I have my preference between the two but watching people on this board resort to liberal tactics to tear down the other is so lame
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
128475 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:56 pm to
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I have my preference between the two but watching people on this board resort to liberal tactics to tear down the other


One side is the one doing that.
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