Governor DeSantis Rights Another Pandemic
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Governor DeSantis appears to be the only Republican that does anything.

As a loved one of someone in a memory care facility, I can not imagine not being able to hold that sweet persons hand should the worst happen. NOONE should die alone!! Thank you Gov DeSantis.

My father's mind was still with him, but his body was worn out. He could not continue living alone, nor was he able to take care of himself in his home on his own. My mother and he had been able to live there together, taking care of each other, but when she died, he could not live there alone. A few days after my mother died, he went into the same nursing home she had been in - a very good and well-managed facility. For two years I visited him every day at least once. His mind was good, except that he was tired of living in his failing body and missed his wife of 70 years so much. Then the Covid shutdown hit. I was not allowed to go inside to see him at all. I could take him things he needed or wanted (he LOVED Mountain Dew, a LOT of coffee and Ritz peanut butter crackers). The facility did not have in-room phones, so I got him a 'cell phone box' which is basically a box that acts as a cell phone receiver into which you can plug a land-line type phone. I would call him on the phone, I would sit outside his window and talk to him on the phone. Then, after many months, family was allowed back in- but restricted to only two. Not two at a time, just two persons on the list of admittees. That worked fine for a while. Then he got covid - the one-day kind, not the long covid. So he tested positive, had a low temperature for one day, But he was put into the quarantine ward - even though by the time he was put there, he had no more symptoms. Away from his room, his phone, his little refrigerator with his Mountain Dews, and away from all the staff that knew him and had taken good care of him very well. The quarantine ward people let him get dehydrated (he couldn't get his own drinks), and he became comatose. Since he was on Hospice care, he was not allowed any IV liquids. A week later, he died. I was at least there for that. It wasn't pretty. The nurse said the cause of death was 'covid.' I told her do NOT put that as cause of death, he did not have covid. It was terminal dehydration that killed him. So they put 'congestive heart failure'. My father didn't die FROM covid, but he died BECAUSE of covid. He was ready to go, but he did want to make it 6 more months to be 100.

#3, I hear your words of sorrow. I pray that God will bless you for all you did for your dad. My son was in the hospital and we were not able to visit him for the five weeks he spent there. This should never have happened this way. I am thankful for more people like DeSantis, and that righteousness will return to the people of this country.

#3 - I am so sorry your family had to endure that. It's ridiculous that they did this I the name of caring. My dad's golf buddy and his wife both got COVID and were in the same hospital. She made it, but he died. She wasn't allowed to see him at all, even though they had the same disease and were on the same floor. Her husband died alone a few doors down, but the nurses were "nice" and let them see each other on a Zoom call with their iPads. So utterly ridiculous.

The 'Dream Team' would be Trump DeSantis. One idea is that Trump could fashion a 'secret before election' understanding that DeSantis will be more than a traditional Veep but a sort pf Deputy President. With say significant and direct domestic policy and implementation authority. Some cabinet secs such as Energy, Education, Interior, Labor, Agriculture, Transportation (badly needed) EPA etc. could report to him. Nothing in the Constitution stops it.

New Hampshire's Governor, Chris Sununu (R), passed this same bill last week. All states should pass this bill as well, it is a no brainer. No one should ever be alone when they pass away.

My mother, 97 at the time, broke her hip, had surgery, and had to go into a rehab facility. Nobody was allowed to go inside but staff. Nobody. She wasn't assisted in eating her meals and lost 15 pounds during her stay.

Best gosh darn Governor we’ve eve had down this way

In Missouri, Gov. Parson signed a similar bill on June 30. DeSantis is not alone.

And yet, the witch Whitmer will win re-election....... A state full of morons.

So sorry #3! Terrible. Know he's at rest and in a better place. Up here we have a rule that many hospital's (and not just the religious ones!) have adopted called "NODA" ... "no one dies alone". Basically volunteers either on the hospital staff or from the outside agree to sit near the bed with any patient --- in any condition --- until they pass over. They will even hold the patient's hand if requested. No restrictions on race, creed or color. Sadly, they are often not just the last human contact but also the only ones to see the patient in their final days.

How tragic is it that we actually have to pass laws to allow this?

What a hero. He identifies WRONGS and he works to fix them. The absolute definition of ACCOMPLISHMENTS, as related to the discussion of why people like "whiteness and maleness".....it isn't that so much as they like people who accomplish good things. And so far, in history, the overwhelming majority of those accomplishments have been done by various white males.

I agree with you, #6, except I'd like to see some of those departments gone. Maybe start with Education.

Re: #1 - I’m all for DeSantis but to be fair, a lot of what he “does” that is popular for conservatives is sign into law legislation written and passed by a Republican majority state legislature.

The GOV of FL!

Is there any doubt that this man should -- and will - be the next POTUS?

@#1 - That means the GOP would dread a DeSantis presidency.