In a crisis only authority works
The hiccup in Beijing for example is the fact of the European brand of this virus, because there are at least three different identified types, the one in China, the one in Europe and the one in the USA. Do they have the same origin and what would it be? But even worse, you have to consider that Kung Flu to quote Trump has become a summer flu in the USA and that the rates of infection and fatality for younger people (under 55) is catching up on that of older people. Florida then has to be really worried. I regret your “autocratic” criticism. In such a situation only autocratic, or rather let’s say strict decisions and rules have to be IMPOSED onto the public because no one individual has the right to endanger his or her neighbors’ health by refusing to implement simple but strict regulations. At least the Vice President is doing it in public (wearing a mask).