Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® and the state’s surgeon general are advising against the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines for anyone under the age of 65, a move that counters a new recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Speaking Wednesday on a panel with other physicians who have cast doubt on the COVID vaccine — including some who lobbied Trump administration officials to back the “herd immunity” theory — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo expressed concerns over the shot’s safety, saying incorrectly that there was “not a drop of clinical trial data” supporting the vaccines.
“We continue to live in a world where the CDC and the [Food and Drug Administration], when it comes to COVID at least, are just beating their own path in a direction that’s inexplicable in terms of thinking about data and in thinking about common sense,” Ladapo said.
They just don’t give a shit about people getting sick and dying. Their goal is to convince people that everything is fine so they keep traveling and spending because their state’s economy relies heavily upon tourism to survive. Masking, distancing, work from home, getting vaccines; all of these things remind people that there’s an issue and maybe traveling and going to tourist spots to mix with all sorts of people from all over the world isn’t the best idea right now and they won’t have that.
If it relies so heavily on tourism, why did DeSantis start beef with Disney?
I’ve been to Florida twice in my life, both to Disney as the primary driving factor.
Once as a child on a family vacation.
Once in band as our yearly trip to march in a Disney parade. That second trip wasn’t a fun one, bit still the purpose of the trip was Disney.
They didn’t say DeSantis was smart.
DeSantis seems to be motivated by the acquisition and use of power. Enriching himself by flowing more money through the state is one way to do that. But if he feels that an entity (even a profitable one) threatens his power (Like by opposing him, or making him look foolish) he’ll still try to throw his weight around to try and save face/remind them who’s in power.