Prognosis
Elderly Endangered by Virus in States Imposing Loose Controls
- Florida’s DeSantis distrusts outsiders, but shuns a lockdown
- Phoenix mayor calls Arizona order among ‘weakest in the U.S.’
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s refusal to issue a broad stay-at-home order has left residents worried they’re heading for a sharp spike in coronavirus cases that threatens the state’s massive 65-and-over community. And a similar approach in Arizona has sparked concern in the other U.S. retirement mecca.
Florida’s concentrated, highly social retirement communities and assisted-living facilities make it vulnerable to the disease, which is especially fatal for older patients and those with pre-existing conditions. The Miami metro area and Orlando are international tourist hubs that continued to draw swarms of travelers until very recently.