Ron DeSantis

Fox News hosts have spent the better part of the past year-and-a-half questioning the seriousness of COVID-19, from fasely claiming that it would disappear, attacking masks, calling to abolish social distancing, to questioning the vaccine, and even implying that the vaccine would kill you.

Things started to change this week, as Fox host Sean Hannity called on his viewers to get the vaccine. After resisting the vaccine for six months, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) heeded Hannity's call and agreed to get it. Still, there are many right-wing media hosts who are refusing to support the vaccine, even if they got the shot themselves.

In a surprising take, conservative Washington Post columnist Max Boot encouraged states to start mandating that residents take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Writing Monday, Boot said that it's time to stop pleading and start mandating, and he cited data showing that 99 percent of those in the hospital with COVID-19 are unvaccinated as justification to start getting tough.

Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin started Monday morning talking about the dangers from right-wing media and Facebook as they're spreading COVID-19 conspiracies. As the Delta variant spreads through the United States, those who aren't vaccinated are filling hospitals again.

The worst areas of the country according to the New York Times data, are Florida, Missouri, Louisiana and Arkansas. But there's also an increase in cases in southern Alabama, southern Georgia and southern Mississippi. Still, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has started a campaign against vaccines. He's selling t-shirts and koozies that say, "Don't Fauci my Florida."

One out of five Americans with COVID-19 are from Florida, according to shocking information revealed this week. The state is one of the worst in the country after the Republican governor celebrated that he was eliminating all precautions employed by other states.

The numbers tracked by the New York Times revealed that Florida is the worst state, followed by regional outbreaks like northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, both of which are experiencing enormous increases in disease spread.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appears to have lost his ongoing efforts to break through any and all COVID-19 precautions. Axios reported Saturday that a federal appeals court ruled the Center for Disease Control could impose whatever health and safety restrictions it wants on reopening cruise ships.

"DeSantis sued the CDC in April and last month U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday granted a temporary injunction against the CDC framework for cruise ships," Axios said, citing the Miami Herald.

President Joe Biden's suggestion that Washington bring full internet access to Cuba following government restrictions could break new ground on digital rights but face major technical and geopolitical hurdles.

Biden's statement followed calls by Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the US should look at satellites, balloons and offshore hotspots to deliver unfiltered connectivity to Cuba.

Waving Cuban and US flags, thousands of Cuban-Americans protested in Miami and Washington on Monday in support of the historic anti-government protests on the Communist island, which they hope will usher in sweeping change.

"This is the moment, there isn't another, and this is a definite sign that Communism is going to fall. Down with communism!" said Cuban Humberto Ponce Diaz at a demonstration in Miami's "Little Havana" neighborhood.

Former first lady Melania Trump really didn't want any kind of Election Night party, fearing that it would turn into another super-spreader event like the Rose Garden ceremony nominating Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender, whose new book Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, comes out Tuesday, told the story about Melania's resistance to the party in an exclusive excerpt given to The Daily Mail.