“You do not have to wear those masks,” Florida Gov. DeSantis said to the students. “I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything and we’ve gotta stop with this Covid theater. So if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.”
, the CDC announced that most Americans are safe going without a mask in indoor settings. The guidance leaned less on the number of Covid-19 cases as a key measure and instead gave more weight to hospitalizations and local hospital capacity.
DeSantis, who is seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2024, has endeared himself to conservatives with his outspoken opposition to Covid restrictions. In July of 2021, he prohibited local school districts from requiring students to wear masks even as the nation, and Florida in particular, was fighting a resurgence of the coronavirus with the delta variant.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the University of South Florida on March 2, 2022, in Tampa, Fla.Later in the year, DeSantis followed through on threats to fine city and local governments $5,000 for each employee who was required to get a vaccine to maintain employment. As of Wednesday afternoon, Florida had more than 5 million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the pandemic, according to an NBC News analysis.
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