DeSantis signs bill shielding healthcare providers from liability for COVID injuries, deaths

The guidelines, DeSantis claims, push back on "Unscientific corporate masking, reducing isolation for all Floridians including those in schools and daycares, and recommending that physicians should exercise their individual clinical judgement and expertise based on their patients' needs and preferences." They also "Are empowering health care practitioners to follow science, not Fauci's status quo," he added.

The guidelines address corporate mask policies, advise healthcare practitioners and facilities to reevaluate status quo protocols "In favor of scientifically based treatment options to benefit patients," update school and daycare guidance to limit the student and child isolation timeframe, and reduce the overall isolation period for Floridians who test positive for COVID-19.

"Despite a lack of evidence that masks, and particularly cloth face coverings, prevent the transmission of COVID-19, many corporations have continued to require their employees to wear masks at work, regardless of the situation," DeSantis' office said.

"Florida's new masking guidance advises against wearing facial coverings in a community setting." For Floridians overall, instead of quarantining for two weeks as was previously suggested by the CDC, the Florida guidance suggests an overall 5-day isolation period for those who test positive for COVID-19 - for both adults and children.

This guidance "Recognizes that the CDC's guidance is vastly out of date and has forced Floridians to miss work and school even when it is safe to return." The guidance states that all employees at a corporation shouldn't be forced to wear a mask while at work.

Previous guidance, DeSantis' office says, consisted of "Outdated, unscientific guidelines that hurt working families and keep kids out of school." The guidance states that healthy children in daycare don't need to quarantine.

Additional guidance advises healthcare practitioners and facilities to reevaluate "Status quo protocols" in favor of scientifically based treatment options to benefit patients.

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