Chief Judge Mark Mahone and Superintendent Greene must be looking at the same information. So what do they do? The chief Judge closes the courts until February 22nd while Superintendent Greene encourages children to return to the buildings. Greene's reckless behavior is going to get (more) people sick or worse.
From the Times Union,
In a Jan. 6 email to top officials in the courts and criminal justice system, Chief Judge Mark Mahon said virtually all in-person courthouse functions will be suspended until Feb. 22. Mahon stopped short of officially returning to Phase 1 Covid protocols, but his email directive is materially identical to the Florida Supreme Court's definition of Phase 1...
... “Duval, Clay, and Nassau Counties’ health conditions have drastically deteriorated over the last month to the point that the entire Circuit is now trending up faster than or exceeds the state averages for weekly new cases and positivity rates,” Mahon said in his email. “As a result, we must modify our current operations plan.”
The judge is right. The situation in Duval has deteriorated, and it is bound to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Duval has been averaging 891 cases a day in 2021. You know that's about 17 times more per day than when we closed our schools last March. What gets 17 times worse, and you declare victory? DCPS would have you believe all is fine when it is not.
Things are getting worse, and DCPS's answer is to make things worse.
Here is a link to the Florida Dashboard so you can see it for yourself.
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429
This is the Chief Judge's entire letter.
As the charts below show, Duval, Clay, and Nassau Counties’ health conditions have drastically deteriorated over the last month to the point that the entire Circuit is now trending up faster than or exceeds the state averages for weekly new cases and positivity rates. As a result, we must modify our current operations plan. The Circuit remains in Phase 2; however, I am implementing the following modifications:
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021, ALL IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL A TENTATIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2021. THERE WILL BE ENO IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS IN ANY OF THE CIRCUIT’S COURTHOUSE FACILITIES. EXCEPTIONS SHALL BE GRANTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OR NASSAU COUNTY OR CLAY COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE ONLY.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021, THERE WILL BE NO INMATES TRANSPORTED TO ANY COURTHOUSE FACILITY UNTIL A TENTATIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2021. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL JURY TRIALS ARE SUSPENDED. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
ANY JURY TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22 OR AFTER MAY REMAIN SCHEDULED, PENDING FURTHER NOTICE.
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