And was promptly dismissed from future briefings.

If you can not face an inconvenient fact deliberately and squarely, bring in the necessary resources to overcome it, and then communicate the need to do so... well, you aren't fit to lead. That's sorta your one job.

If the inconvenient fact is ignored knowing you can later spin whatever story you want to convince the voter base which has already decided they are going to support you, then you are not a leader.

The at risk population in Florida is massive. The number of deaths are going to be outrageous there. And after the fact, the governor will receive support from the federal administration in the form of poorly worded and juvenile tweets from our president backing up DeSantis's claims that the reason Florida was hit so hard was because of dirty New Yorkers dropping into the state.