Landing at Palm Beach International Airport, I was ready to see how the other half lived.The COVID-sane half, that is. Our family hadn’t left New York since March.
We had read about how Florida was able to maintain a case rate similar to or lower than New York’s while shunning our crippling lockdowns.
Still, we were apprehensive. "Be careful down there, no one wears a mask," was typical of advice I got from well-meaning friends.
And indeed, Florida has a reputation as one of the looser states. In mid-April, after a short lockdown, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the green light for beaches to open. "Wait two weeks!" the naysayers urged back then.