TY - GEN
T1 - Cooperation and Conflict in Florida’s Response to COVID-19
AU - Artiles, Alexandra
AU - Mackie, Kenneth R.
AU - Uttermark, Matthew J.
AU - Weissert, Carol S.
PY - 2021/7/30
Y1 - 2021/7/30
N2 - At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made it clear that he would not issue a statewide mask mandate, but he allowed local governments to issue their own mask mandates. However, in October 2020, Governor DeSantis issued an executive order stating that local governments could not enforce mask mandates. By February 2021, Governor DeSantis voided all fines issued by local governments – retroactively, to the beginning of the pandemic – to businesses for violating county mask mandates. Small counties, such as Liberty County (8,365), may have deemed mask mandates unnecessary. However, large counties, such as Miami-Dade County (2,662,874), may have experienced fewer spikes in COVID-19 cases with a continued ability to enforce mask mandates (Florida Demographics 2021).
AB - At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made it clear that he would not issue a statewide mask mandate, but he allowed local governments to issue their own mask mandates. However, in October 2020, Governor DeSantis issued an executive order stating that local governments could not enforce mask mandates. By February 2021, Governor DeSantis voided all fines issued by local governments – retroactively, to the beginning of the pandemic – to businesses for violating county mask mandates. Small counties, such as Liberty County (8,365), may have deemed mask mandates unnecessary. However, large counties, such as Miami-Dade County (2,662,874), may have experienced fewer spikes in COVID-19 cases with a continued ability to enforce mask mandates (Florida Demographics 2021).
UR - https://lci.fsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2021/12/Collins-Report-Final_Florida-Cities.pdf
M3 - Other contribution
ER -