“There's no question that the governor…has placed his political future over the life, health and well-being of the residents here,” Orange County, Florida, Mayor Jerry Demings says about Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order on school mask mandates. Nearly 1,000 new Covid-19 cases are being reported per day in the county, which includes Orlando, the mayor says. https://cnn.it/3fA88or | CNN

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and President Joe Biden continue to disagree with one another's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Biden administration has sent ventilators to Florida as the state has seen a spike of more than 148,000 new positive cases in the last seven days and a hospitalization rate that stands at more than triple. | CNN

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