Republican governors across the Southeast are teaming up to reopen the region’s economy, even as they lack the testing to know how rapidly the coronavirus is spreading
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“If you put these states together, there is a perfect storm for a massive epidemic peak later on,” said Jill Roberts of the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health. “The Southeast region is not known for having the best health record. Diabetes and heart disease come to mind. I am very concerned about how our states will do it.”
Governors from Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi did not respond to questions. Five of the seven states included in the Northeastern coalition are in the top 15 nationally in per-capita testing. Southern governors, including DeSantis, point to their slowing rate of increases of positive tests and falling numbers of hospitalizations.
She praised Republican Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who has not pushed as hard to reopen areas of his county, including beaches. Gimenez has said the county should considering reopening, but is not moving at the same pace as DeSantis and some governors.
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