An arriving passenger wearing a face shield, left, collects her luggage in the baggage claim area of LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in New York. New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are asking visitors from states with high coronavirus infection rates to quarantine for 14 days. The "travel advisory" affects three adjacent Northeastern states that managed to check the spread of the virus this spring as New York City became a hot spot.
The Florida agency that governs bars announced the ban on Twitter just minutes after the Department of Health reported 8,942 new confirmed cases, topping the previous record of 5,500 set Wednesday. The seven-day average for positive tests dropped slightly to 13.4%, down 1 percentage point from Thursday but still triple the rate of 3.8% of June 1.
The Bar ban on Florida has just been lifted if you sell food.
Just consumption? So I can still buy a drink and drive home with it. Well played Florids. Well played.
Close the bars.
Dear Florida — it's not human consumption of alcohol, it's corona consumption of humans. (Close the damn bar.)
They won't close the bar, just ban consumption of alcohol.
I'm sorry, what?
Story is about banning alcohol at bars & the picture you run is of someone at baggage claim at the airport? 🙄
LasVegasLocally Lol ok
What is the point of bars being open then?
It’s not daily at all.
Ban alcohol consumption? In bars What is that supposed to mean I remember about a month ago people literally pleading with Florida Governor to err on the side of safety. He did not, he refused, and these are the consequences. He’s just like Trump.
Well guess you better write your local Congress men/lady
IceCreamMan108 One step closer to Prohibition. They really are going backwards.
Maybe these places will finally learn how to make a decent Shirley Temple.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. () — Florida banned alcohol consumption at its bars Friday as its daily confirmed coronavirus cases neared 9,000, a new record that is almost double the previous mark set just two days ago. COVID19 😷 StayHome
What about instead of doing that they place a limit on how many people per square feet ( social distancing), make it mandatory to wear masks and just listens to science VoteTrumpOut science trumpcovidchaos
So 40000 people were infected at bars? Or maybe it was 10000+ were infected who then in turn infected 1.2 others outside the bar!
So the aholes are trying to screw workers out of unemployment money.
What will Matt Gaetz do?
This state opened way to early!!!
zodsbeach See, and here... everything is slowly opening back up because we took this quarantine seriously. We had all of maybe 300 cases out of a population of 1.2 mil people over the course of the last 5 months.
Florida's case will continue to spike
This does not surprise me whatsoever interesting how the state's first to open up and here we are less than a month later and it's now reversing course
jarrybarclay You were saying Governer?
But alcohol kills the virus? Lol
claytonswisher hahahahaha prohibition .... that should send the spreadnecks over the edge.
It’s not the alcohol asshole.... it’s the close proximity......oh wait, let me make that clear.....it’s being within 6 feet of each other that is the concern!
We told y’all to stop and you wouldn’t listen.
Sorry but you were warned. 😂😂
I guess mattgaetz will have to get drunk at home? Probably a good idea since he likes to drive drunk.
Floridians wanted bars open. They're open albeit without alcohol.
lookner Might as well close them.
Florida GOV have some mental issues...
abbyjackson_ drakesaywat
Trod (Trump + God) works in mysterious ways.
Drunk and stupid is no way to go thru life Florida
Oh I get it... you can BYOB or just show up pre-loaded...
webster So go to the bar, just don’t drink alcohol?
Ehhh... so bars with no Alcohol is called a.....? Jamba Juice?
Why even keep the bars open? No one's going to a bar to hang around if they can't drink in the middle of a major outbreak.
Ban alcohol consumption at bars. That is right up there on the same level of stupid that made wrestling n golf essential businesses in the state of Florida.
$spy what companies will be good stocks to buy that would otherwise go bankrupt in a normal functioning world
Any thoughts on the massive LA spike or nah?
But, but, but.... you only get Coronavirus by drinking Corona beer!
michpoligal So what does one do at bars, and how does drinking spread COVID19?
RizzShow MoonValjeanHere Patrico1057 jeffburton1057 KingScottRules damn
Yet it's still under reported number.
AP posts a random photo of a airport luggage carousel? Wow! They always put a lot of effort into their stories! Lol!
Which makes no sense. Most of the people that are dying here in Florida are over the age of 65 and about 80%- 90% of them Don't even go to bars.
Shutting the barn door a tad late.
So are clubs doing bottle service?
So the bars can stay open but they can't serve alcohol?
It's all the bar's fault. Not that people won't wear a mask!
That's like banning oxygen at hospitals.
DeSantisResign DeSantisBetrayedFlorida
Zero sense. People will still gather in large groups. Floriduh COVIDIOTS GovRonDeSantis StopTheSpread
This virus shit is being blown way out of proportion.
Where's GovRonDeSantis Looks like they're following NYGovCuomo lead in shutting stuff down, finally!
Hopefully now the brain damaged decisions stop! Seems like most Florida trumpets always on a bender ! Florida is a landfill right now
Ok. Now this is bridge too far.
But is GovRonDeSantis mandating masks?!?!?!
Welp... Back to the crackpipe it is 🤷🏻♂️
time to close again like Texas!
kikocasa844 DeSantis is responsible for countless deaths by not following CDC guidelines in opening up. He can no longer go to his 'we've been doing more testing' like the man he fawns over djt. He should be prosecuted!
RosieM1919 The cowards are banning alcohol rather than coming out and saying bars must close. This wish they can say they didn’t “close business down”.
Bringing back the moonshine era
elenochle How does this stop the virus? Stupid idea yet!
This response by Florida is as though the horse has well and truely bolted, and the farmer is still wondering if he should get up to close the stable door.
That's what happenes when your political leaders think this virus is a hoax.
But don’t close the bars? What
states cannot effectively control a pandemic with individual mandates. all these actions are futile because we have an incoherent national policy with an incompetent president.
Just close the bars....take out only like in Seattle...get a To go cocktail 🍹 & drink it at home
Ya hate to see it 😂😂😂😂😂 GovRonDeSantis
There is another virus the US is dealing with. Stupidity 🏴🇨🇦
I used to think Governor Abbott in Texas was the dumbest governor in the U.S., but DeSantis is now the winner. Abbott realized he went to fast and has closed bars even though he is so stupid he will not require masks. DeSantis has stopped liquor sales in bars. Rally?
‘Somebody needs to shut those barn doors immediately, can’t you see all the horses have already escaped!’
Not enough. They have to close 🏴🇨🇦
Is there any other thing they do in bars asides consuming alcohol?
Staying sober doesn’t make stupid people smart.
TooLate
Miami beach is gonna have people like this...
WilliamdeVry1 Bout time!
Wow smart finally
.mattgaetz Are you going to be okay?
Oh now it's serious? Wow... come on Florida...
If there is no alcohol it is no longer a bar
I can’t resist.
Who could have known
Ya don't say
We Dutch did that a couple of months ago. Flat line near zero regions, now. Thank you MinPres, bite that realDonaldTrump
Now tell the country what the death rate is
HouseGOP SenateGOP are responsible for this nightmare in the White House and should have demanded his resignation a long time ago. The right wing conservative policies are killing people while the European Union is is crushing the virus. Blame disgusting republicans.
same energy
Hahahaha turns out RonDeSantisFL fell in line real quickly
Matt Gaytz when he sees this
GovRonDeSantis but you are caving to the deviant libs and making realDonaldTrump look bad.
A Florida-style solution to a 21st century problem.
Pence is saying now they flattened the curve.
Huh WTF. So so so dumb.
Sorry, the brain cells of the maga Floridian are dead. The may as well soothe their sorrows, as that wound ain't healing anytime soon.
Doesn't alcohol kill The 'Rona?
In other news, drinking at baggage claim is “on.”
Too Late.
I’m sure that’ll slow it down, Ron, alcohol in bars totally sounds like the source of the problem.
If bars choose to close or lay off staff because business tanks, is the unemployment picture and/or cost burden different than if they closed by state mandate? I'm wondering if FL is trying to minimize state UI costs here, or if there's some other reasoning.
That’s ok, people visit bars for the beautiful ambiance and the stimulating conversation of their fellow man, not to get wasted
scottwongDC Thought the heat kills the virus? Trying to back the president cause the fl governor to lie about the ’s and keep the state open, potentially causing all of this to happen. Simultaneously making it harder and In some cases impossible to get unemployment. This could be criminal.
Lol the GOP bickering about Mask just imagining how pissed off they will not able to go to bars to drink
RosieM1919 Wait? Bars are still open but with no booze? Just close the damn bars. Make drinks curbside like Texas. If ppl can still jam themselves into an establishment, you’ve accomplished nothing.
Yey, go Florida go!!!
In South Africa we had alcohol ban for 2 months. We couldn't buy liquor from supermarkets and bars were closed. And cigarettes!
Oh boy. This could get ugly.
Hey guys! Let's go to a bar, drink some juice or soda and swap saliva droplets and virus !!! Where's the logic in all of this ?
Again, not addressing community spread. GOPCowards GOPDeathCult
What does alcohol have to do with covid19? So people can still mingle at bars if they drink soda? How hard is it for Florida get the policy right?
So....what else can they do at the bars? That’s like saying they banned the flying of planes at the airports.
Why is this piece accompanied by a photo of an airport baggage carousel? It’s been a while since I’ve flown - are there bars at baggage claim these days?
Oops. GovRonDeSantis really screwed up. Responsible for thousands of deaths when this is all settled
“new outbreak to young adults”
Watches as the influx of people come from Florida to Georgia and Alabama.
Uh-oh, mattgaetz is on suicide watch
Perhaps the state will dry up and figure out that you have to wear masks, wash hands and socially distance. Then they can take a good look at the idiots representing them that got them into this mess.
Wouldn’t the best option be to close down the bars.....?
We aren't saying you can't 'go' to a bar.. We aren't saying you can't 'eat' at a bar.. We aren't saying you can't 'dance' at a bar... We are just saying you can't 'DRINK' at a bar.. Which is really the only reason to 'GO' to a bar..
Ban DeSantis. DeSantisResign
Like it’s the alcohol causing the spread.
Everybody should go into every bar and order water, juice or a soft drink!
😂😂😂😂
This is a good step, but our state and national leaders’ actions leave much to be desired. In the face of case statistics like FL, TX, AZ and elsewhere it is immoral not to wear facemasks in public. The best way to teach morality is by example.
More riots on the way
lol such a conservative action. Lmfao
That’s messed up for the employees. Just close them and let them claim unemployment.
tRump: We are reducing testing, so we have fewer cases.
Cases don’t equal deaths.
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governordesantisscrewedflorida
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