Florida newspaper investigation finds state government misled public on Covid as cases rose

Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration suppressed facts' and dispensed dangerous misinformation', according to paper

Florida this week became the third US state to record a million coronavirus cases and yet the public there has been misled by state leadership about the extent and dangers of the pandemic, especially in the run-up to the presidential election, an investigation has concluded.

Governor Ron DeSantis's administration has been engaged in a pattern of spin and concealment about Covid-19 amid the gravest health threat the state has ever faced, according to a South Florida Sun Sentinel investigation.