DeSantis To Cut Back Work With Some Labs, Says ‘Many’ Are Too Slow To Provide COVID-19 Results | Talking Points Memo

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said on Wednesday that state officials will stop sending COVID-19 tests to labs that are slow to turn around results.


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Yep, cut capacity when you need capacity.

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Hmmmm…not sure if this is “ favoritism” to some testing lab owners OR this is a trumpian scam to suppress testing numbers similar to what Trump did by taking away the reporting from CDC! Maybe it’s both!

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That’s the problem
They’ve fixed it so you have no way of knowing if they are telling the truth
Going on their record I would say the default is “They’re Lying”
Until someone proves different

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Now Donald is advertising for Goya!

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Can we add lack of testing supplies leads to longer wait times?
Can we add when the same guy kept things open when they should have shut down, and re-opened before he had the plans in place to track and trace the spread then, and is now complaining about the volume that these labs after to deal with.
DeSantis is a “I take no responsibility for piss poor prior planning” governor that is near and dear in Trump’s heart.

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Ah yes. The predictable chaotic results of using a 50 states approach to a global pandemic.

So.

Much.

Winning.

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Is DeSantis as stoopid as Trump? It appears so.

Meanwhile in Georgia, Gov Kemp is banning localities from ordering people to wear masks.

He said it should be voluntary, “including telling fans that reduced infections from mask-wearing would make college football season possible.” (HuffPost)

Gov Abbott will pickup on this rational as well. Football rules!

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In the middle of rising pandemic in America…
Covidiot Trump is “Resolute”…
In selling Goya beans on top of the resolute desk!

Trump failed America!

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Man, this idiot motherfucker really, really wants to ride in a tumbril and be guillotined in a public square.

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I was at first elated reading the headline
“DeSantis To Cut Back Work”
Hooray! He won’t fuck up FL so much!

Alas, my initial reaction quickly evaporated. He’s still killing Floridians.

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Politics aside, am I right that he is extremely stupid? Even for a Republican he seems retarded.

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I keep hearing many say there must be something in the water in Florida that makes people act this stupid and criminally negligent.

Yes, there is something in the water - a toxic chemical called G.O.P.

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Please, don’t use a word like “retarded”.

Instead, refer to DeSantis as "Palinesque".

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Thanks for the link. Great ad.

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Occam’s Razor determines it so.

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Stupid look on his face and toady behavior… that is “Scott Walker-esque” as far as I’m concerned

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It’s like the White House has become a set for the QVC channel.

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Yes, and there were only a total of 71,750 new cases in the US yesterday. Caused from the top.

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Goya CEO: “Don, you’re not Helping”

Ivanka: “Thanks Daddy, now they’re talking about you”

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