Doctors in Florida, along with Democratic lawmakers, are begging governor Ron DeSantis to do more to try to slow the spread of COVID in the Sunshine State, but those cries have fallen on deaf ears. DeSantis wants to have his cake and eat it, too, by pandering to the low-information Republican base in Florida that doesn’t want to protect anyone (including themselves) from the worsening pandemic. DeSantis could be setting himself up for an electoral defeat because of this, which might be the only silver lining.