{"id":1184099,"date":"2022-01-03T16:19:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184099"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:19:37","slug":"ron-desantis-addresses-omicron-surge-in-florida-other-states-letting-hysteria-drive-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-addresses-omicron-surge-in-florida-other-states-letting-hysteria-drive-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Addresses Omicron Surge in Florida: Other States &#039;Letting Hysteria Drive Them&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-desantis-addresses-omicron-surge-in-florida-other-states-letting-hysteria-drive-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Other states are allowing coronavirus \u201chysteria to drive them,\u201d leading to damaging policy in the wake of the omicron variant of the virus, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday, noting that \u201cICU COVID utilization\u201d in Florida is likely the \u201clowest per capita in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other states are \u201cletting hysteria drive them to doing really damaging things,\u201d DeSantis said as he spoke from the&nbsp;Broward Health Medical Center Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, noting they are closing schools and \u201cdoing things that should not be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat is not the way you deal with this. And so, we are 100 percent committed to making sure that people are able to live their lives,\u201d he explained, adding that it is \u201cnonnegotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14575312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1228712843.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14575312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1228712843.png\" alt=\"Patrons pack a bar to have drinks on the first day of full capacity seating is allowed on September 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis allows bars and restaurants to enter Phase 3 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Octavio Jones\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Octavio Jones\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat is a road \u2014 they\u2019re just never going to be able to get out of that rut\u2026and it ain\u2019t going to do anything to slow down or to stop an incredibly contagious, airborne virus. I mean, come on,\u201d he said before citing data from Miami\u2019s&nbsp;Jackson Health System, which began putting out data&nbsp;distinguishing people who are coronavirus positive in the hospital, determining whether they are there for virus treatment or something else. They have estimated that half of their coronavirus-positive patients in the system are not being treated for the virus itself.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think that\u2019s an important distinction to make when you have a variant like omicron, which is much more widespread. You are going to have people who get in a car accident, go into the emergency room. they\u2019re swabbing everybody. You\u2019re going to have people who have incidental positives. They\u2019ve anticipated about half of their COVID positive patients within their system are not being treated for COVID, and I think you\u2019re likely to see bigger percentages in that regard than we\u2019ve seen throughout the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the governor said the state has seen increases in cases, he added, \u201cI think our ICU COVID utilization is the lowest per capita in the country right now, it has gone up like everything has since November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut looking to see who is being admitted for COVID versus who is being admitted with COVID is going to be important to really chart the severity of what we\u2019re seeing, and we do think the most severe cases are still the delta variant,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other states are allowing coronavirus \u201chysteria to drive them,\u201d leading to damaging policy in the wake of the omicron variant of the virus, Florida Gov. 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