Florida has "performed better than anyone predicted” in responding to the new coronavirus, avoiding the spike in cases that strained hospitals in New York, Italy and other hard-hit parts of the world, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday
“If you go back six weeks, people were saying Florida was going to be another New York or another Italy and all that," DeSantis said in Orlando. “Those have all proven to be false. Florida has performed better than anyone predicted.”
Epidemiologists say Florida has been able to flatten the epidemic’s curve, thanks in large part to measures put in place by state and local governments to close bars and restaurants and other places where people gather.