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If Florida Were A Nation, U.S. Would Consider A COVID Travel Ban: Doc
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has "painted himself into a corner," said Dr. Jonathan Reiner. "People are dying in Florida. It's going to get much worse."
Florida’s COVID-19 surge is are so out of control that if the state were a nation, the U.S. “would have to consider banning travel” from its residents, warned an infectious disease expert. Infection levels in Florida have risen 51% in the last seven days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The state reported 134,506 new COVID-19 cases from July 30 to Aug. 5, more than any other seven-day period. “The viral load in Florida is so high right now, there are really only two places on the planet where it’s higher” — Louisiana and Botswana, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, said on CNN Sunday.More Related News