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Bertha Henry, Broward County Administrator

Bertha Henry is Killing Broward County

It's time to cancel Bertha Henry. #cancelBerthaHenry

Who is Bertha Henry

Do you know who Bertha Henry is? I didn't. Apparently she's the person most responsible for you being out of work. The reason Broward is lagging behind the rest of the country. The reason you're not allowed to walk on the beach.

Bertha Henry is the reason you can't go out on a Saturday night to get some time away from the chaos of your young children. She's the Broward County administrator: an un-elected bureaucrat who appears to have dictatorial powers over businesses in a county of 2M people.

Bertha Henry is currently drawing her $347,716 salary while telling you that you can't go to work or open your business.

Bertha Henry is a person who doesn't seem to be smart enough to understand basic Data. From her recent testimony, she appears to be patently clueless about the facts around the COVID19 virus. She doesn't seem to know that it's not smallpox; that it's only dangerous to a certain class of people, and that if you're healthy getting it is no more dangerous than the flu or even a bad cold. Based on her testimony, it would appear that she'd have the entire county on lockdown if there were just a few cases in the entire county. She has a complete lack of perspective on the impact of her actions.

Does she know that 60% of the dealths in Florida are people over 75? Anyone who knows this can come up with smart solutions; solutions that don't punish the many to protect the few. This is what leaders do; Any imbecile can just shut down the county.

A stupid person looks at the Total Cases graph and says to themselves: "Gee, we still have a lot of cases".

State of Florida Covid19 Deaths

A smarter person sees that serious cases are way down, and that tests are way up. If you do 4,000 more tests in a week you're going to have more positives.

Broward County Weekly Testing

The CDC has set up clear guidelines as to what's safe to re-open. Notice the 10% threshold. Broward is way below this threshold. In fact Broward's current testing level is below most other counties that have already re-opened beaches and restaurants.

A person that understands data would also understand that all of the positive tests on people with no symptoms indicates that the virus isn't really a killer; it's just a cold for the vast majority of people. If you happen to have the flu AND COVID19, that's bad. If you're 80years old and get COVID19, that's bad. If you have Lupus and get COVID19, that's bad. If you're healthy, it's not something that requires you to wear a mask and stay in your home. This is common sense based on 3 months of data. The reason you shouldn't have to wear a mask is that the people who need to be cautious should be staying home or at least going out of their way to avoid contact with other people.

I've posted many of these heat maps over the past weeks, and those who've been following along will notice that they HAVEN'T CHANGED at all in the past few weeks. There are 2 hot spots in the entire county. These areas happen to be laden with nursing homes and retirement communities. The City of FortLauderdale has relatively few reported cases.

Broward County Heat Map

How about quarantining off the old and the sick? How's that for an idea?

Bertha Henry is not a Smart Person

Why are the beaches closed? To stop rampant sex and random fluid exchange on the sand? This nonsense equating spring break with the beach is a sign of a brain not working properly. How are you going to get a virus at the beach? Ban Volleyball and don't let your kids share their sand shovel with unknown kids. An adult laying on a blanket or walking down the beach has no chance of getting a virus from the air. None at all.

Smart Solutions

You get a cold or virus by getting it on your hands and touching your face. Those that know me know I've never been a hand-shaker; my favorite bartenders know not to extend a hand to me. It's not because I don't like them; it's because people that shake hands with lots of people have lots of germs.

Simple AWARENESS is likely enough to keep you from getting sick, whether it's the coronavirus, the seasonal flu or the common cold. If you hug 30 people a day, you're going to get more exposure to colds and flus than if you don't. When you're out in public, don't touch your face or rub your eyes. When you get home from being out in public, wash your hands thoroughly. Don't stand so close to people that they're breathing on. you. If someone is too close tell them to STEP BACK. I go to bars all the time and hardly ever get sick.

Smart solutions are ones that tell people who are at risk to stay home; If you're afraid, stay home. Wearing a mask to walk your dog is stupid; not hugging your grandparents is smart. Staying out of immune system building sunshine for a month is stupid; taking walks on empty sidewalks on a sunny day is smart.

Bertha Henry Must Go

Moving forward, we must push for the ouster of Bertha Henry. If she's over her head trying to figure out an "epidemic" that is only dangerous to 3% of the people, what would happen in a real crisis? She is not a person that should have power over other people.

Bertha Henry is not smart enough to act as County Administrator. When this nonsense is over, we must make a concerted effort to remove her from her post.

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Administrator
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Funny that lawmakers are now starting to say "this isn't smallpox and we shouldn't be treating the virus like it's the same".

I said that in the very beginning.
May
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Vote her out.
Administrator
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She's not voted in.
Roz
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Not a shocker if you have been watching how she allowed the nearly $8M budget for the county animal shelter to be squandered while animals were neglected and killed for years by staff who she should have FIRED and charged criminally.
Erik M
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To be kind, she is dumb, no one looks at that data and closes everything down. This thing is not going away, forcing businesses to close for the year would not help because it will come right back, you need to get people out there, practicing good hygiene, and limiting contact with those at risk, the elderly for sure need to be protected.
BILL J
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THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF BERTHA HENRY IS TO STOP VOTING DEMOCRATS ONTO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. BROWARD IS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE FLORIDA COUNTY SO THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN. GET USED TO BERTHA HENRY FOLKS, DEMORATS ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION WILL KEEP HER FOREVER.

A REPUBLICAN AND PROBABLY EVEN AN INDEPENDANT HAS NO CHANCE OF WINNING A SEAT ON THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION. BERTHA WILL BE HERE UNTIL SHE DECIDES TO RETIRE WITH, I AM SURE, A BIG FAT TAXPAYER FUNDED PENSION, HEALTH BENEFITS. I BET THEY WILL RAISE PROPERTY TAXES FOR ALL OF US JUST TO PAY HER.
Administrator
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Berth can be removed by the commission. We just need to pressure the commission and find candidates to run against the commissioners who vote for her.
BigBertha
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Bertha Henry is a moron. Texting people late at night for a stupid curfew I refuse to follow. I will never follow her "emergency orders." She should be ashamed of herself as "the first black woman administrator" in broward and then she tries to silence the voices of black protesters by putting a curfew in place? She's ridiculous. Great profile page on broward, "she has numerous achievements and awards", yet none are listed. I requested a list of them and surprise, surprise no one got back to me.
Rex
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This is so ridiculous. People can walk on the sidewalk next to the beach, but can't sit on the wall. What science does Bertha Use to substantiate the beach closure. Jacksonville opened there beaches weeks ago and there were no Coronavirus spikes. There is the science! It is NOT unsafe to open the darn beaches.
Administrator
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You don't need science. There's nothing about the beach that promotes sickness or spreading of any kind of germs. It's the litmus test for determining if someone is just plain stupid; if they think closing beaches will keep people from getting sick. They think that beaches attract people from outside the area, therefore risking bringing in evil viruses from distant counties.

Fort Lauderdale is afraid if they open the beaches before Miami, all of the creepos from Miami Beach will come here.
Administrator
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Even the Sun Sentinel is calling for Bertha Henry to take a step back and relinquish her "emergency powers". Probably after reading this.

On a side note, if you want to read Sun-Sentinel articles without paying (or if you get that stupid "your limit is up" after you haven't read anything in a month), just disable javascript and refresh the page.
CHRIS
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SHE IS ON RECORD ADVOCATING REMOVING PEOPLE EVEN SUSPECTED OF HAVING COVID FROM THEIR HOMES AND PLACING THEM INTO A FORCED QUARANTINE! WE HAVE A PETITION WITH ALMOST 200 SIGNATURES TO FORCE HER RESIGNATION. JOIN REOPEN SOUTH FLORIDA ON FACEBOOK!
BILL
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TYRANT GOVT OFFICAL !! AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AT ITS FINEST ALL POLITICAL!!
Administrator
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I still find the "all CAPS" people amusing 15 years later.
Jayne
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When you get 200,000 signatures you'll have something going. 200 is a mob.
Administrator
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I found it troubling that some very well informed citizens that spoke at the commission meeting were clearly just being dismissed, as if they had no interest in what they were saying. The Mayor has no clue what he's talking about; how did that guy get elected to anything?

Why is the group private? Are you afraid Bertha and her thugs are going to come after you? If you want to spread your message you should have a public forum so people who may not want to join can see what it's all about.

Plus not everyone has a facebook account.
Administrator
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Latest Data: If you are under 60yo, the coronavirus is no more dangerous than the common flu. This is based on data from all over the world.
Administrator
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New Orleans, which was hit harder than South Florida, allowing dine-in at restaurants this weekend. The Jersey shore will be fully open by Memorial Day.

This is how dumb Bertha Henry is. They're opening restaurants at 25%, but wearing masks in public establishments are still required. How are you going to eat with a mask on? It's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Kerry
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NY is opening beaches on May 22 but Broward beaches are still completely closed? Are you kidding me?

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