* If you were told—and you have been—that as a result of a statutory authority, you were no longer required to mask up on planes, trains and buses, would you regard that as an acceptable public health directive and rationale—as opposed to what the science-steeped CDC was still advocating? Yes, that’s a rhetorical question. But, no, that shouldn’t be part of “American exceptionalism.”
* Total U.S. population that is boosted: 30 percent. Total Florida population that is boosted: 26 percent.
* Total pandemic deaths in Florida: 73,822. Total pandemic deaths in the last week: 133.