Mike Pence to visit Orlando nursing home, also talk tourism
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The visit is part of an initiative to deliver PPE to more than 15,000 nursing homes.

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit a nursing home in Orlando and deliver personal protective equipment on Wednesday.

In a news release sent Saturday, his office said that the nursing home visit is part of an initiative to deliver PPE to more than 15,000 nursing homes across America.

Afterwards, Pence is scheduled to participate in a discussion with hospitality and tourism leaders to talk about plans for reopening.

Tourism is Florida’s No. 1 industry, and it’s crashed during the coronavirus pandemic, with hotels, theme parks and other vacation-based businesses seeing massive drops in revenue because of closures. According to Dana Young, head of Visit Florida, hotels saw a drop in revenue of $1.6 billion during a six-week period in March and April compared to last year.

Domestic air travel to the state is down 65% and international air travel is down 80% compared to last year, Young said recently.

Associated Press


One comment

  • Sonja Emily Fitch

    May 18, 2020 at 6:35 am

    OMG PENCE SHOULD BE IN QUARATINE….AND PENCE IS GOING TO A DAMN NURSING HOME. Please do not ever doubt that the goptrump cult is more than willing to sacrifice the old for the money and power. Next will be our children. STAY AWAY PENCE…….

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