What Next: A Doctor in the Middle of the Florida Surge

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The delta variant is making its way through the country, becoming the leading strain of the coronavirus and increasing case counts as it goes. In few places is the crisis more severe than in Florida, where new daily case counts are hitting all-time highs and vaccination rates have leveled out around 50%. Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to instate a mask mandate and insists that the spike is just a “seasonal wave” -- even as healthcare workers are pushed to the brink trying to care for ill patients. Guest: Bernard Ashby, a vascular cardiologist in Miami and the Florida director of the Committee to Protect Healthcare. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	I was a little hesitant to speak with Dr. Bernard Ashby.
0:38.7	Dr. Ashby works in Florida, takes care of COVID patients.
0:42.8	He's bearing witness to that state's record-breaking surge of infections at the moment.
0:48.5	It's not that I didn't think Dr. Ashby would have interesting things to say.
0:52.5	It's just how many times can you repeat the exact same thing?
0:56.4	Wear a mask indoors, get vaccinated, support healthcare workers.
1:02.4	But when we get on the phone, Dr. Ashby sounded just as frustrated as I am.
1:07.6	The transmission rate is ridiculous down here.
1:12.8	Yeah, how are you seeing it?
1:14.0	So I'm seeing it in my office, seeing it in the hospital.
1:18.6	Patients are coming in by the boat loads.
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