{"id":418200,"date":"2021-04-13T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418200"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:28:44","slug":"florida-reports-only-single-digit-increase-in-virus-deaths-for-first-time-in-almost-7-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-reports-only-single-digit-increase-in-virus-deaths-for-first-time-in-almost-7-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Reports Only Single-Digit Increase In Virus Deaths For First Time In Almost 7 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fflorida-reports-only-single-digit-increase-in-virus-deaths-for-first-time-in-almost-7-months%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=418200&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1699.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Florida state health officials revealed that the state recorded a single-digit increase in COVID-19-related deaths for the first time in almost seven months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThe state health department said seven more Floridians and two additional non-residents have died due to COVID-19,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/04\/11\/florida-reports-7-resident-deaths-5-520-new-cases-7-2-million-vaccinated\/7181745002\/\">The Palm Beach Post<\/a> reported Sunday. \u201cOver the past two weeks, daily reported COVID deaths across the state have ranged between 22 and 98, and the week-to-week reported deaths have been on a slow decline since January.&nbsp;Just five new coronavirus deaths in Florida were reported&nbsp;Sept. 28.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No new deaths were reported in Palm Beach county.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida has administered nearly 12 million doses of coronavirus vaccine,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/547674-florida-reports-single-digit-covid-19-deaths-for-first-time-in-months\">The Hill<\/a> noted.&nbsp;Since last Saturday, almost one million people in Florida have gotten a COVID vaccine, as now anyone 16 and older is eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who refused to institute harsh lockdowns in his state, &nbsp;recently conducted a roundtable discussion with a group of physicians and scientists who were, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/youtubes-assault-on-covid-accountability-11617921149\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported last week, \u201ccritical of strict lockdowns to fight the coronavirus.\u201d During the video, DeSantis and the experts criticized some responses in the U.S. as too strict and ultimately ineffective, citing the damage done on a public-health level by locking down schools and businesses. &nbsp;They emphasize unintended public-health harms from lockdowns and school closures, criticize ma<\/p>\n<p>The video was censored by YouTube. The platform told the Journal it removed the video \u201cbecause it included content that contradicts the consensus of local and global health authorities regarding the efficacy of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis blasted the decision on Monday, asserting, \u201cThe biggest media conglomerates, who claim to be avatars of the First Amendment and free exchange of ideas, they\u2019ve really become cheerleaders for censorship. If something doesn\u2019t fit the overriding narrative, then in their view it\u2019s better that it gets left on the cutting-room floor. It\u2019s best that you edit it out of existence rather than tell people the truth. So I think what we\u2019re really witnessing is Orwellian; it\u2019s a Big Tech, corporate collusion and the end result is that the narrative is always right. Well, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what the American people want; certainly people here in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6111111111111\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An intellectual discussion between world-renowned doctors and epidemiologists was removed by YouTube in another blatant attempt by Big Tech to silence those who disagree with their preferred political narratives. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODjysjwQ4t\">pic.twitter.com\/ODjysjwQ4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1381721633216417795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The editorial board of the Journal slammed YouTube\u2019s censorship of DeSantis, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14.918367346939\">\n<p><em>[I]t\u2019s not even clear that the panelists\u2019 opposition to masking in children contradicts the World Health Organization, which <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/q-a-detail\/q-a-children-and-masks-related-to-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cchildren aged 5 years and under should not be required to wear masks\u201d and that \u201cthe decision to use masks for children aged 6-11\u201d depends on context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But whether the panelists\u2019 views are right or wrong should not matter. Florida\u2019s lighter-touch approach to Covid-19 is a topic of intense public debate, and this video offers a window into the thinking of the Governor and people who influence him. Even the most committed lockdown and mask hawk should be outraged that YouTube is banishing videos that bear directly on democratic accountability, including taxpayer-funded public hearings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Florida state health officials revealed that the state recorded a single-digit increase in COVID-19-related deaths for the first time in almost seven months.\u201cThe state health department said seven &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312114,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1699.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Florida Reports Only Single-Digit Increase In Virus Deaths For First Time In Almost 7 Months","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1699.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Florida Reports Only Single-Digit Increase In Virus Deaths For First Time In Almost 7 Months","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}