1/ Very impressive press conference Tuesday from Florida @govrondesantis, where he explained in depth why no one should panic over the state’s increase in positive tests. Notably: the median age of cases has PLUNGED, from 65 to 37. Daily deaths have trended down for months...

2/ And outside nursing homes, almost no one in Florida is dying of #Covid anymore. (Statewide, more people over 90 than under 65 have died; no one under 18 has died.) Further, the state has far fewer #Covid patients in ICUs or on ventilators than two months ago.

3/ DeSantis’s tone and command of the facts was also impressive - he seems to know about every county and hospital in the state. He was reasonable about masks too, said the state recommends them inside but won’t require them, he thinks a law “would be applied unevenly.” (True.)

4/ And he pointed out Florida never had more than 3.5% of hospital beds occupied with #Covid patients and still has many more beds available than before March. Translation: lockdowns aren’t coming back.

A great antidote to panic and well worth a watch.

5/ True story, btw: I watched the video to the end - and @youtube's next-up autoplay was Hillary Clinton/Benghazi testimony (no, I didn't watch it, but I accidentally grabbed that URL). Which tells you everything you need to know about YouTube's algorithms.