Tuesday afternoon, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor announced she will order a shelter-in-place or stay-at-home order. Monday, during the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group meeting, Mayor Castor was met with some oppositon on this order, without having a policy in place. The details of the order…
Read More Tampa Mayor Jane Castor Going Forward With A Shelter In Place Order
Tampa officials gave an update on COVID-19 cases and current/future measures that are currently in place and future mandates that are on the horizon. Testing sites for COVID-19 will become more prevalent throughout the Tampa Bay region with the Raymond James stadium testing site being…
Read More Tampa Officials COVID-19 Update On Testing And Shelter In Place
By: Brian Burns On Sunday, initial procedural votes fell short; 47 senators voted in favor and 47 were opposed. The votes were short of the 60 votes needed to move forward. The number of “aye” votes was especially low because five Republicans are quarantined over…
Read More Senate Democrats Block A Nearly $2 Trillion Dollar Stimulus Package AGAIN. Really?
By: Michael Ball Financial Advisor, Edward Jones These are challenging times. Like everyone, you are concerned about keeping your family safe and healthy, and you’re doing your part to help protect your community from the effects of the coronavirus. And if you’re an investor, you…
Read More It’s Not Easy, But Look Past the Market Selloff
By: Brian Burns City leaders have made the call, shutdown the beaches in Clearwater and call it a day for Spring Breakers. Thousands of beachgoers and spring breakers, were still flocking to the white sand of Clearwater Beach as of yesterday. Images surfaced all over…
Read More Florida’s Wave Of Coronavirus Is Shutting Down Florida Beaches
By: Brian Burns Doctors and researchers are studying existing drugs as possible treatments for the coronavirus. Public health officials are looking at the anti-malaria drug chloroquine and another medicine called Remdesivir as possible drugs to help patients with COVID-19. “We’re reviewing drugs that are approved…
Read More What in the world are Remdesivir and chloroquine? Trump announces possible drugs for coronavirus
A plan obtained by the NY Times, lays out the anticipated timeframe and Government plan for COVID-19 Coronavirus. You can read the entire plan here https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6819-covid-19-response-plan/d367f758bec47cad361f/optimized/full.pdf#page=1 This is a 100-page document unclassified.
Read More U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic & Widespread Shortages Nationwide
March 18, 2020 First, the coronavirus rocked the financial markets. Then, oil prices dropped more than 20 percent after a breakdown in OPEC production discussions. Not surprisingly, the markets took another nosedive. Yet, despite these events, this recent market volatility may well be attributed more…
Read More Financial Focus, Don’t Let Fears Drive Your Investment Choices
“Florida public schools k-12 will remain closed until April 15 and state testing is canceled for the remainder of the school year”, Governor DeSantis announced on Tuesday afternoon. “The state of Florida is canceling all testing for students in the state’s K-12 public schools for the…
Read More Florida Cancels All Testing For State’s K-12 Public Schools And Extends Closure Until April 15th
By: Brian Burns Clearwater, Fla., (March 17, 2020) – Starting Wednesday, BayCare patients who have been instructed by their doctor to be tested for COVID-19 will be able to provide a specimen for testing without leaving their cars. BayCare Health System is transforming seven BayCare Urgent…
Read More BayCare to Launch Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Sites