Paul Krugman: Republicans keep flunking microbe economics

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said something remarkably stupid the other day. I know, I know: It’s probably harder to find a day on which DeSantis didn’t say something stupid than a day on which he did. But this particular piece of thickheadedness, I’d argue, helps us understand why America’s response to the coronavirus has been so disastrous compared with other wealthy nations.Florida has, of course, become a COVID-19 epicenter, with soaring case totals and a daily death