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Florida to set up more checkpoints to quarantine travelers

Florida to set up more checkpoints to quarantine travelers
ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE FLORIDIANS ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE SACRIFICING TREMENDOUSLY. I MEAN THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T GO TO A RESTAURANT YOU LOOK AT SOUTH FLORIDA. IT’S BASICALLY ENTIRELY LOCKED DOWN PEOPLE DON’T HAVE VERY MANY OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE STATE MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE HAD THE CLOTHES. SO THESE ARE MAJOR SACRIFICES THAT THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA ARE MAKING IN ORDER TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. HOW IS IT FAIR TO THEM? TO JUST BE ARE DROPPING AND PEOPLE FROM THE HOT ZONES BRINGING INFECTIONS WITH THEM AND SEEDING THE COMMUNITIES WITH NEW INFECTIONS THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO STAMP OUT. SO IT’S NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA TO DO IT. SO I THINK THAT THE FOLKS IN NEW YORK CITY ARE WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD YOU LOOK AT THE FOLKS AND THE HOSPITAL’S YOU LOOK AT THE FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR AND EVERYBODY IN THE AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE WORKING HARD. WE’ ROOTING FOR THEIR SUCCESS A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE ALSO ALSO JUST THINK IT’S BAD POLICY. TO HAVE PEOPLE DISPERSING FROM THERE AND THEN SEATING OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE’VE GOT A LOT OF WHERE THE THIRD BIGGEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE NUMBER THREE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL IN THE COUNTRY PRETTY CLOSE TO NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS. WE’VE GOT SOME MAJOR METRO AREAS. SO SO WE’VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE’VE GOT TO BE DOING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER, YOU KNOW IF WE DIDN’T HAVE FOLKS COMING IN FROM HOT ZONES WHERE THEY VERY WELL MAY BE CARRYING THE VIRUS. RISK, BUT SINCE WE’VE INSTITUTED OUR POLICIES YOU HAVE SEEN A BIG DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME YOU’VE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS, AND I T
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Florida to set up more checkpoints to quarantine travelers
Florida is working to set up more highway checkpoints to deter travelers from New York from arriving in the state. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday the screening of travelers on Interstate 95 will be similar to the measure adopted Friday on Interstate 10 to discourage travel from Louisiana.The checkpoints are to require travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days. DeSantis said President Donald Trump also talked to him about a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut amid concerns that their residents have infected people in other regions, such as Florida.

Florida is working to set up more highway checkpoints to deter travelers from New York from arriving in the state.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday the screening of travelers on Interstate 95 will be similar to the measure adopted Friday on Interstate 10 to discourage travel from Louisiana.

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The checkpoints are to require travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days.

DeSantis said President Donald Trump also talked to him about a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut amid concerns that their residents have infected people in other regions, such as Florida.

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