A WSJ IPhone message this afternoon referencedan Opinion piece with the following description: Has Governor Ron DeSantis been vindicated? What can we learn from Florida’s Covid success story?

Of course this is an opinion piece and therefore needs to be taken with a pound of salt. And since I don’t subscribe to the publication, I don’t have access to the entire article.

I believe the basic argument was: Florida has a much older population than most states and therefore would be expected to exhibit a higher overall death rate, but the death rate is in the middle. The economy was opened and is much healthier than other states that were more serious about lockdowns, while the mortality is lower than states that instituted statewide measures. DeSantis did listen to several experts on how best to handle the disease for nursing home patients and apparently implemented a strategy based on the observation that 80% of deaths are among seniors over 65 and therefore if the state focuses on the best treatment for the elderly, it will significantly reduce mortality without needing to adopt stringent limitations on businesses.

Anyone from Florida have more insight? (or can read the entire article?) Are the Florida mortality statistics reliable?