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Five of the six members of the Flagler Beach City Commission are hesitant or opposed to ceding July 4 fireworks to Palm Coast.

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The state is seeing three times as many cases as it did during the delta wave, but one-sixth as many deaths.

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly is cautioning against simultaneous July 4 fireworks shows, and Eddie Branquinho now favors alternate days.

Flagler County had 1,469 cases this past week. The highest number during the delta surge had been 936.

'Listening is the key,' Keller says.

A majority of Palm Coast Council members want July 4 fireworks on July 4, clashing with Flagler Beach and raising coordination issues.

Cases are up, but emergency department and hospital visits for COVID-19 are lower than this past summer.

Mask-wearing and social distancing are less effective against the new variant, and people should consider getting a vaccine, health experts said.

'Really, this is about American leadership and what does that look like,' he said, criticizing the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.