Tag : COVID-19

Alachua judge tosses case against college seeking refunds following campus closure for coronavirus | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge An Alachua County circuit judge this month dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Santa Fe College student…

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Florida legislators move from stick to carrot with plan to pull $200 million from school districts that enforced mask mandates | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge House and Senate budget negotiators on Tuesday revamped a plan that called for shifting $200 million away…

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tells students to take off ‘ridiculous’ face masks at Tampa press conference | Orlando Area News | Orlando

Meet the real @GovRonDeSantis. (footage: @EvanDonovan)pic.twitter.com/sTsKHHQEfJ— Kevin Cate (@KevinCate) March 2, 2022 During a press conference announcing funding for a…

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Orange County Public Schools make facemasks optional for faculty, staff | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge Orange County Public Schools will masks entirely optional for faculty and staff at the end of this…

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Florida Senate confirms surgeon general with unorthodox views on COVID-19 | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo via Ryan Dailey/NSF Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointme nt of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo was confirmed Wednesday…

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Joe Biden promised he’d ramp up COVID-19 test production. So, where are the tests? | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo courtesy Joe Biden/Facebook This story originally appeared at ProPublica. When President Joe Biden was campaigning for…

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis does an about-face on bill punishing school districts over mask mandates | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge Photo via Office of the Governor Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday appeared to do an about-face on…

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Why are home COVID tests so expensive and hard to find? | News | Orlando

A few weeks ago, a ProPublica reporter decided to test his kids for COVID-19. They had the sniffles, and with…

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Three crappy days in Florida, whose so-called leaders didn’t learn anything last summer | News | Orlando

Coronavirus cases are surging, local officials are discussing precautions about masks and vaccines and Gov. Ron DeSantis is scrambling to…

3 years ago

When begged by her family to get vaccinated, this nursing home worker said ‘Nope lol’ | News | Orlando

They are two sisters in two states. Both are dedicated health care professionals who watched in horror as COVID-19 swept…

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