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Also, maybe even worse, he's preventing counties from contact tracing, by withholding data. There's a story on that in today's Miami Herald.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/07/florida-still-not-reporting-daily-covid-19-hospital-admissions/
MIAMI Under pressure last week as COVID-19 hospitalizations soared in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis office said the state would start reporting daily hospitalization data for all 67 counties.
DeSantis on Tuesday, however, refused to address the fact that the state has yet to make good on its promise when asked by a Miami Herald reporter.
Obviously not everything is presented in this report but just an unbelievable amount of data is available, DeSantis said at an indoor press conference held at Floridas 12th COVID-only nursing facility near Miami International Airport.
He did not respond to a follow-up question from CNN correspondent Rosa Flores as to why the state does not publish daily hospitalization data.
Its these games with public records. They wont release it unless theres public pressure or a lawsuit filed. Its infuriating, said Rodríguez, who attended the press conference. I suspect that one of the concerns is that we are going to see a divergence in numbers. Thats what I think.