The Florida Department of Health’s county-level spokespeople were ordered in September to stop issuing public statements about COVID-19 until after the Nov. 3 election. https://t.co/h3ya4aisF6 pic.twitter.com/Q7CeU9bsX6

— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) December 3, 2020

In the week before Election Day, as case counts climbed, the Florida Department of Health posted on Twitter and Facebook about flu vaccinations, the prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning and lead poisoning detection. Nothing about COVID-19. https://t.co/hFxO0vZFkf pic.twitter.com/UzkJDUBspL

— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) December 3, 2020