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Ron DeSantis: “Most of the spread is done by people who are symptomatic.”

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8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee

Published September 1, 2020 | Video Starts at 33:18

It seems like some of the studies that have been coming out, when they trace those index cases, they find yes, there is asymptomatic spread, but Most of the spread is done by people who are symptomatic. How do you see kind of the role of asymptomatic spread vis a vis? Symptomatic spread? Yeah, I agree with Dr. Fauci's statement at the end of January that asymptomatic spread is not the driver of a pandemic. (33:18–33:23)

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Asserts that symptomatic individuals are the primary spreaders of COVID-19.

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Ron DeSantis

“Dr. Anthony Fauci said there's not been a respiratory virus in history that's ever been driven by asymptomatic spread.”
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“Antibody testing at Florida's drive thru sites has continued to register at between 20 and 25%.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 01:20-01:26
“We were the first state in the country to establish Covid only nursing facilities.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 03:01-03:06
“We barred hospitals discharging COVID positive patients back into nursing homes early in the epidemic.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 03:19-03:27
“CDC has said that you can test positive for up to 12 weeks.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 27:53-27:59
“90% of [positive COVID-19 tests in Massachusetts, New York, Nevada] didn't have enough virus to transmit to anybody.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 28:12-28:18
“The number of COVID positive patients that are currently hospitalized is down about 60% since our July peak.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 00:30-00:38
“The number of COVID positive patients in the ICU is down about 52% since the July peak.”
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“The number of COVID positive patients that are currently in Florida hospitals represents about 6% of all licensed beds in the state of…”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 00:45-00:55
“Florida Today will report 1950 new cases, the lowest number since June 14th.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 01:05-01:13
“We currently have 27% of hospital beds empty in the state of Florida.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 01:37-01:42
“24% of ICU beds are empty in the state of Florida.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 01:41-01:46
“We have over 4,000 facilities. You have people who. We have a lot of facilities haven't had one single infection.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 02:28-46:27
“In July, we added 75,000 private sector jobs.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 05:39-05:44
“Walt Disney World actually reopened right as the infections were peaking.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 05:44-05:49
“Every parent in Florida should have an option about whether they have their kid for in person instruction or whether they remain in distance…”
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“Embry Riddle [University] have been operating since the summer.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 07:50-07:53
“Our state universities are operating.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 07:53-07:57
“I was a big proponent of making sure that we had football season...here in the state of Florida for our universities.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 07:58-08:11
“The Trump administration sent over $125 million to long term care facilities in the state of Florida for testing for PPE.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 08:33-08:43
“The common theme I would hear from [superintendents] is this was the best or one of the best first days of school that they've had.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 17:46-17:54
“The kids, you know, just being able to have that environment again and return to a more normal schedule, I think is really significant.”
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“CDC recommends testing people that have symptoms.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 22:57-23:03
“The PCR test is not a very good proxy for us to know whether someone's actually infectious.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 29:16-29:23
“We have about 3,800 individuals who are COVID positive, who are hospitalized [in Florida].”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 36:13-36:19
“We prohibited visitation middle of March, and then prohibited hospitals from discharging a COVID positive patient back into those nursing…”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 45:04-45:15
“We did not issue any policies with hospitals, but I think, as you know, hospitals did not have visitation early on.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 47:10-47:17
“Most of the hospitals are allowing family members [to visit] at least in end of life decisions.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 47:22-47:34
“We're going to be announcing the changes with the long term care facility very soon.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 48:04-48:10
“The Big Ten made a decision based on some like the heart study that has really been shown to be not worth very much.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 52:24-52:32
“The Big Ten was leading the charge. Pac 12. I don't know when we'll be able to see a Pac 12 game. Maybe in like five years.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 54:01-54:08
“We were very supportive of you guys should be playing.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 54:17-54:20
“If an athlete doesn't want to play, let them keep their scholarship, let them have another year of eligibility.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 54:20-54:26
“The Big Ten made a huge, huge mistake.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 54:32-54:44
“All of those kids should be able to transfer someplace that's going to let them play.”
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“We're hosting [the College Football Playoff] in Miami in January. It's going to happen.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 55:04-55:09
“Miami Dolphins... Jacksonville is going to do the same thing and we believe the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will do the same.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 55:27-55:37
“Florida State and our colleges... they're going to have fans on a limited basis.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 55:37-55:43
“You could have 50,000 people protesting and that's fine, but you can't have a half filled football stadium.”
8/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Education Roundtable in Tallahassee | Uploaded September 1, 2020 | 55:44-55:51
“The NCAA suspended the rest of the fall sports.”
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