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The governors of Florida and Arizona are under fire for failing to issue a stay-at-home order in Florida’s case and not making it as effective as possible in Arizona’s.

Sunshine State Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to issue the order despite warnings from a health expert whose work was touted by the White House, asserting that he wouldn’t act — until the Trump administration told him to.

“The task force has not recommended that to me. If they do, obviously that would be something that carries a lot of weight with me,” DeSantis, a Republican and staunch ally of President Trump, said at a news conference Tuesday, the Miami Herald reported.

“You’re damn right,” he said when asked about people still flocking to Florida beaches. “Folks are going to do whatever the hell they want to.”

DeSantis’ refusal to order Floridians to stay home came the same day that the White House coronavirus task force released grim new numbers estimating that from 100,000 to more than 200,000 Americans could die of the virus — with full mitigation efforts in place.

Without mitigation, the toll could be more than 2 million, according to the president’s task force.

Last weekend, the task force cited a model created by Ali Mokdad, a professor at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, that called for extending national social-distancing recommendations through the end of April.

Mokdad spoke to the Herald Monday afternoon before speaking to Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees, and said he would “strongly recommend shutting down everything.”

He said he told Rivkees that the state should issue a blanket stay-at-home order, the paper reported.

But DeSantis, who called for visitors from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to be quarantined upon arrival in Florida, ignored the expert’s advice.

The number of people in Florida who tested positive for COVID-19 jumped Tuesday night to 6,741 cases with 85 deaths as the pandemic worsened.

Asked about DeSantis’ reluctance, Trump praised DeSantis at Tuesday’s task force briefing, calling him “a great governor” who “knows exactly what he’s doing” concerning the pandemic.

In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey issued a stay-at-home order — but the mayors of the Grand Canyon State’s two largest cities and other communities said it fell short of what was needed.

Ducey’s order also defines “essential” employees, who are exempt from the rule, more broadly than orders issued in other states, and does not require people to “provide documentation or proof … to justify their activities,” the Arizona Republic reported.

Hours before Ducey announced the order, a number of mayors sent him a letter asking him to issue a statewide stay-at-home order.

“Twenty-eight other states that represent more than 50% of the American constituency have already officially urged everyone to stay home. The ever-increasing numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths serve as a stark indicator of what is to come if we do not take action now,” the mayors’ letter stated.

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Tolleson Mayor Anna Tovar, El Mirage Mayor Alexis Hermosillo, Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans, Fountain Hills Mayor Ginny Dickey, Guadalupe Mayor Valerie Molina, Winslow Mayor Thomas L. McCauley and Superior Mayor Mila Besich signed the letter.

Gallego and Romero later slammed Ducey’s announcement, saying it did not go far enough because it deemed too many services “essential.”

His “essential” list, for example, includes outdoor recreation, banks, hardware stores, laundry services, airlines, ride-sharing services, law firms, accounting officers, day-care centers and hotels.

Shortly after the governor’s announcement, Gallego called the order “one of the weakest” in the country, the paper reported.

“I personally am deeply disappointed in the governor’s executive order,” Gallego said. “It does not send the strongest message about social distancing.”