DeSantis sticks to hands-off covid approach as Florida hospitalizations hit record high

“What’s different with this surge is that last year we were able to respond, but now we can’t,” McKinlay said. “I’m getting constituents asking me to do something, I’m getting parents calling me afraid to send their kids to school next week, and there’s nothing I can do. We can try to set up more testing locations, but other than that, I tell them, ‘I’m sorry, you’ll have to call the governor’s office.’”