by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is flailing around desperately trying to find some issue that will catch fire with the voters and carry him to the White House. Yesterday he returned to one of his past winners, an attack on the federal government's attempts to control the spread of COVID. In a stunning denial of reality and the results of extensive medical research, DeSantis and Florida's surgeon general recommended that Florida residents under the age of sixty-five not get the new COVID booster shots.
The day before yesterday, however, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had gone on record as approving and recommending those shots for most Americans over the age of six months.
DeSantis, who was once supportive of vaccinations to end the pandemic, has wavered in his support of public health measures like taking vaccines and wearing masks as public resentment against restrictions and inconveniences caused by the pandemic began to rise. After the CDC announced its approval and support of the new vaccine on Tuesday, DeSantis decided on Wednesday to hop on that political pony and see if he could ride it all the way to the White House.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stated that is is confident in the safety and effectiveness of the new vaccines. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is on record as saying the new boosters are effective against the original virus as well as a couple of more prominent variants. DeSantis, who spoke out against "the jab" at the recent GOP presidential debate, describes the continued vaccine regimen as an expansion of government control.
DeSantis bemoaned the new round of COVID booster shots this way:
"I will not stand by and let the FDA and CDC use healthy Floridians as guinea pigs for new booster shots that have not been proven safe or effective."
But others would undoubtedly argue that:
- The shots have been deemed safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration; and,
- Vaccines are intended to be used on healthy people - to keep them healthy; and,
- Medical malarkey endangers public health.
New COVID cases in Florida have topped 24,000 for the past two consecutive weeks, and Florida hospitals are currently reporting more COVID cases than any other state. That's what's really happening in the Sunshine State, Governor DeSantis. It's all just political posturing on your part, and political posturing seldom results in healthy outcomes.
Enjoy your stay in Fantasyland, Ronbo.
1 comment:
Republican led States, like Florida, are being dragged into a new Dark Age by science denying politicians who would rather pander to the ignorance of their political base than act in the best interests of their citizens.
One wonders how many of the anti-vax politicians are in fact fully vaccinated.
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