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coronavirus cases are up in Florida

USF public health professor talks about Florida’s increasing coronavirus cases

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources For the third week in a row, the number of new coronavirus cases in Florida has been higher than before the state lifted safer-at-home requirements. According to...
Representatives from Gudedas and Ray Williams funeral homes

Funeral march for COVID-19 deaths

The national death toll related to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is just surpassing 100,000, and several progressive activist organizations are pushing the state to provide more financial relief instead of reopening too...
coronavirus

St. Pete and Hillsborough officials caution about opening too quickly

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his plan to begin reopening the state. He’s calling it the “SAFE. SMART. STEP-BY-STEP. Plan to Re-Open Florida.” Beginning Monday...
WMNF News: Beach dunes

Pinellas County beaches will reopen after Florida coronavirus closure

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Pinellas County Beaches will reopen Monday at 7:00 a.m.; the Board of County Commissioners voted 6-to-1 Tuesday afternoon to reopen beaches with CDC guidelines for disinfecting restrooms...
This cardboard sign was placed in windows of residences where patients were quarantined due to polio.

Keep Off This Street:
The Epidemics of Polio and COVID19

The epidemics of polio and COVID19 Empty beaches, hollow pools, abandoned and quiet streets. Bans on gatherings. Fear layering daily activities with hesitation, and loss. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 is evoked by the...
Black and white COVID-19 coronavirus image from the CDC.

Tampa General Hospital coronavirus patient doing well after convalescent plasma treatment

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Doctors at Tampa General Hospital have seen improvement in a COVID-19 patient by treating the patient with blood plasma from coronavirus patients who have recovered. The plasma...
coronavirus

“We’re going to have a surge after we reopen,” says dean of USF Health

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Four things have to happen before society can safely open up from closures due to the coronavirus; that’s according to Dr. Charles Lockwood, the Dean of USF...
COVID-19 cases in Tampa Bay by ZIP code

When state opens, Visit Florida will target Floridians with travel marketing

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Despite the spread of coronavirus in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis continues to look forward to a time when the state will reopen for business. On Tuesday morning...
COVID-19 cases in Florida

More than 3,800 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Florida

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources According to the Florida Department of Health website, updated Monday morning, there are now more than 26,600 positive coronavirus cases in the state. 789 people have died...
Black and white COVID-19 coronavirus image from the CDC.

Florida now has more than 24,000 positive COVID-19 cases, 686 deaths

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources According to the Florida Department of Health website, updated Friday morning, there are now more than 24,100 positive coronavirus cases in the state. That’s an increase of...
Congress member and former Florida governor Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist predicts Congress will pass more coronavirus relief

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Hillsborough County will have a nightly curfew. The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that the county’s Emergency Policy Group voted 5-3 Monday to toughen their message about...
Gulfport, Florida beach panorama. The beach is closed due to social distancing measures for coronavirus

Emotional support is available during the coronavirus emergency

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Social distancing is one of the best ways to keep the coronavirus from spreading out of control, but people are missing that personal connection and need emotional...

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