“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida”
What PolitiFact found
Currently, Florida has relatively low rates of coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations. However, the connection between this and Florida’s light regulation of businesses’ and residents’ behavior is less clear-cut.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida's governor) made this claim around 30 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.