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Sorry to inform you tonight that our covid-19 data updates for Volusia County are over.
The Department of Health just told us that effective immediately, they're no longer providing us the addresses that are being monitored for covid-19.
The Department of Health just told us that effective immediately, they're no longer providing us the addresses that are being monitored for covid-19.
With so much community spread, they say the effort is too time consuming, and all 1st responders should be wearing PPE in close contacts anyway.
From my perspective, this is just another failure in a long line of govt failures to confront this crisis in an effective way.
From my perspective, this is just another failure in a long line of govt failures to confront this crisis in an effective way.
From the beginning, we have all been getting limited information or conflicting information from our local, state and federal governments.
In 1981, President Reagan said: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government IS the problem."
In 1981, President Reagan said: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government IS the problem."
Nearly 40 years later, his words ring just as true about the crisis facing us today.
Too many failures to list here, but the constant theme throughout all of them has been a void of steady leadership and a lack of accurate and honest information provided to the American people.
Too many failures to list here, but the constant theme throughout all of them has been a void of steady leadership and a lack of accurate and honest information provided to the American people.
In my opinion, it's up to individual Americans and the private sector to step up and take control of this crisis. While the government is groping around in the dark like the 3 blind mice, we are going to have to fight our way through this.
I've said I'm not in favor of a govt-enforced mask order. I don't believe it's my deputies' job to enforce mask-wearing on people. But I believe the private sector- grocery stores, restaurants, retailers of all kinds- are in a position to create a mask mandate that makes sense.
If the store tells me I need to wear a mask to come in and shop for what I need, then I'm wearing a mask. Most of us should be able to agree to that.
3+ months ago, I started posting numbers of locations flagged for covid in each Volusia city because I believe we all deserve access to info to make informed decisions. Not everyone agreed w/ me, including some of our local officials who have proven to be failures at leadership.
It's clear now that our government is so overwhelmed by this crisis, that it's up to the people to solve it. I hope we are up to the task.
