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Ron DeSantis: “We barred hospitals discharging COVID positive patients back…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

So if you have somebody that is symptomatic or even just test positive, they can be transferred to a Covid only facility, which will limit the spread to the other residents. That's also something that if they're in a hospital. We barred hospitals discharging COVID positive patients back into nursing homes early in the epidemic. But if a hospital has somebody who is stable, they have a safe place to discharge them in these Covid only facilities. (03:19–03:27)

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Asserts that Florida prohibited hospitals from discharging COVID-19 patients back into nursing homes early in the pandemic.

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