Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez (R) blamed county residents for “leaving[ting] let your guard down ”since the state began reopening for Florida to become a recent entry point for the coronavirus.
“My residents also let their guard down in late May, early June, and I also think some of the protests we had here contributed,” Giménez said on CBS ‘”Face the Nation”.
“We saw a rapid increase in COVID-19 positive youth in mid-June, and I think that had a lot to do with socializing, with youth going to parties, maybe graduation parties at home,” he added.
WHY IS THE # COVID19 RISING IN MIAMI? @MiamiDadeCounty @MayorGimenez points to the #BLM protests as a reason for the #COVID spikes while noting: “My residents also let their guard down in late May, early June” and started socializing pic.twitter.com/ ZtOYoZX1uy
– Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 5, 2020
While public health experts have expressed concern about the potential for protests against police brutality and racism that erupted in late May as a vector for the spread of the virus, the cities that saw the largest protests, such as New York , Minneapolis and Washington, DC, have not seen spikes in the virus since the protests began.
Giménez also expressed concern about the increase in positivity rates in virus testing, saying that rates had grown from a low of 8 percent to around 20 percent in recent weeks. Also pushed again President Trump
Donald John Trump protesters tear down the Christopher Columbus statue on Baltimore Independence Day star Bill Pullman, urging Americans to wear a “mask of freedom” on July 4.The characterization of the virus as “harmless” in 99 percent of cases.
“No, the virus is not harmless. If it were harmless, I wouldn’t be taking the steps I’m in now, ”he said.
Florida reported 11,458 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, a new record in single-day cases, breaking a record it reached the previous Thursday. Several cities and towns have made mandatory masks, but the governor. Ron DeSantis
Ronald Dion DeSantisFlorida breaks single-day record with more than 11,000 new cases of coronavirus Infectious diseases specialist: Florida ‘going a million miles an hour in the wrong direction’ Miami-Dade imposes curfew for the weekend of July 4 MORE (R) has said it will not take such measures at the state level.
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