‘What we experienced was not inevitable.’ As COVID delta raged in Florida, DeSantis underestimated threat

Wayne Bright, funeral director at Wilson Funeral Home, arranges flowers on a casket before a service Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. Bright has seen grief piled upon grief during the latest COVID-19 surge as Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) (Chris O’Meara/AP)