Florida asks Washington for hundreds of ventilators amid worst COVID-19 surge

Miami, August 12 (RHC)-- In the United States, Florida’s Health Department has asked the federal government to ship 300 ventilators, as hospitals are overrun with COVID patients in one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world. 

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis continues to prohibit mask mandates and other public health measures. 

In Tennessee, angry anti-mask protesters packed a school district meeting in suburban Nashville Tuesday night as officials reinstated a mask mandate for elementary school students. 

Video that’s gone viral shows unmasked protesters shouting and threatening people after the meeting — including public health officials who testified in favor of masks.

The protesters threatened people inside and outside the meeting as they were in their cars.  This week, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee refused to rule out a ban on mask mandates.