Half Of New Covid Cases Come From 7 States White House Says
In Texas and Florida, for example, state officials are doubling down against mask and vaccine mandates. In July, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued that mask mandates were restrictive, and issued an executive order directing the state’s education officials to avoid a mask mandate in schools. Meanwhile, Florida leads the nation in the number of children currently hospitalized with COVID infections. Florida saw 32 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations per day between July 24 and 30, as the more virulent Delta variant has pushed up infection rates among kids and teens....