Miami Herald
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1st March 2021
Timeline: Florida’s dark year for its Sunshine Law
A year ago on March 1, 2020, Florida announced its first two cases of the novel coronavirus, and declared a public health emergency recognizing the emergence of the novel coronavirus. Only later did we learn that the spread of COVID-19 in Florida likely began in January, if not earlier, but as late as March 11, as the White House downplayed the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis denied that community spread was taking place in Florida.
Here is a summary of the state of transparency in Florida over the last year: