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Florida’s Fight for COVID Data

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

All year, we’ve seen how COVID-19 surges can persuade state officials to take the pandemic seriously. But the resistance in Florida is something special: There, Governor Ron DeSantis has been particularly opposed to sharing case data or imposing measures to minimize viral spread. Guest: Mary Ellen Klas, reporter for the Miami Herald.  Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, you.

0:01.6

Listening to your favorite podcast again.

0:04.9

A little predicted beloved you, don't you think?

0:06.7

My latest heartbreak has been a catalyst that has brought me to London.

0:09.9

I spend my days as a professor and my nights with friends.

0:13.2

It's a generous way to describe them, but I have to stay close.

0:15.7

There's a killer out there picking them off,

0:18.7

all while trying to frame me.

0:20.5

I laugh at the irony if it weren't so serious.

0:23.0

Someone is watching me.

0:24.2

I can feel it.

0:25.3

Is it you?

0:26.4

You, you, now streaming only on Netflix.

0:34.1

For several weeks now, journalists in Florida have been trying to get their hands

0:38.1

on a series of documents.

0:40.1

The White House coronavirus task force, Red Zone reports.

0:44.2

These get sent out every week tailored to each individual state.

0:48.8

They sum up infection data, make recommendations, stuff like

0:53.3

begin warning about any gathering during the December holidays,

0:57.0

ensure masks at all times in public.

0:59.9

Pretty basic stuff.

1:01.7

Some governors simply release these documents.

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