DeSantis wants his ban of COVID vaccine and mask mandates made permanent

His push comes as Florida had the 13th highest death rate in the nation as of January, with 392 deaths per 100,000 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Overall, more than 84,000 Floridians have died of COVID, the CDC said. Florida also had one of the lowest bivalent booster rates in the country, with less than 10% of the population having…