DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine...

[Tennesseer]

Ban Floridians from travelling to other U.S. states without up-to-date vaccines and boosters.  MAGA states probably would not ban but other states should/would.

DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine as 'biological weapon'

The Brevard County Republican Executive voted by a supermajority this week to call upon Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban sale and distribution of Covid “and all related vaccines” in the state, Florida Today reported.

The nonbinding resolution also demanded that “Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody seize all remaining doses in the state for safety testing, ‘on behalf of the preservation of the human race,’ the resolution states," the report said.

The resolution is part of a trend among GOP county officials in the state, and “closely mirrors” a measure advanced in February in Lee County. Last month a similar resolution was passed in Tampa Bay Hillsborough County, bringing the total to more than half a dozen counties, the outlet reported.

Here’s some verbiage from the resolution in Brevard County, according to Florida Today:

"Strong and credible evidence has recently been revealed that Covid-19 and Covid-19 injections are biological and technological weapons," the Brevard draft resolution says, citing claims that have been disproven and disputed by respected medical groups.

Rest of article here: DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine as 'biological weapon'

[pulmonarymd]

Stupid gotta stupid. Maybe we can save the planet with a combination of a recurrence of the Black Death and the great influenza

[busymom]

Oh good grief.    DeSantis is attempting to kill the tourism industry in Florida, not just the residents.  Like tourism isn't already down this year.  You can't fix stupid, and different members of the GOP appear to be trying to outdo one another.

[NastyWoman]

Well, if this website's numbers are anything to go by they may "have a point" . After all 13.46 BILLION vaccinations can not really be considered to be adequate testing for Floridians Can it now? 

ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

[Opti]

Parts of Florida are as crazy as DeSantis. I don't get why they all want to die prematurely, but its hard to understand crazy.

[busymom]

Jul 16, 2023 5:46:43 GMT -5 Opti said:

Parts of Florida are as crazy as DeSantis. I don't get why they all want to die prematurely, but its hard to understand crazy.

    They'll do anything to "own" the Democrats.  Including killing themselves & their families.  It's sad, really...

[tallguy]

Jul 16, 2023 8:04:18 GMT -5 busymom said:

Jul 16, 2023 5:46:43 GMT -5 Opti said:

Parts of Florida are as crazy as DeSantis. I don't get why they all want to die prematurely, but its hard to understand crazy.

    They'll do anything to "own" the Democrats.  Including killing themselves & their families.  It's sad, really...

Well, this IS a free country.  It would be un-American of us to stand in their way and prevent them from following their passions.  Given of course that they are not harming a non-consenting other in doing so....     

[kadee79]

We live in Ga., but not too far from Tallahassee, only about 70 mi. by roads...shorter 'as the crow flies'.  And DH's major VA clinic/Dr. is at the VA clinic there.  It scares me more & more to have to travel inside Fl. for his appointments & treatments.  

They have already invalidated certain driver's licenses from 5 states and DeSantis' "army" is being trained as a milita, not a force to help when disasters strike...like flooding & hurricanes....which is what was original said would be the purpose of this group.  A bunch of Veterans who signed up have quit due to the training.  I'll see if I can find a link to the article...
Here is one link...to the $100M for the "STATE Guard"....


www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-100m-private-florida-army-raises-questions-1786877

A Florida state guard established by the rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, under the guise of a civilian disaster relief force is instead being trained as an armed, combat-ready militia under his personal command, according to military veteran recruits who have quit the program.

Several veterans resigned after an encampment last month having become concerned at the “militaristic” training and “abuse” one disabled veteran suffered at the hands of instructors, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times.

Promoted by DeSantis as an “emergency focused, civilian defense force” when it was established in June 2022, the state guard has quickly morphed into something quite different, the report found.

Volunteers have been trained for military combat, including the use of weapons; khaki polo shirts and pants were replaced by camouflage uniforms; and recruits were “barked at” by boot camp instructors at the joint training base who woke them before dawn and imposed lights-out by 10pm.

Additionally, DeSantis’s compliant, Republican-led state legislature has contributed to the change of direction, this year approving a massive expansion in the force’s funding, size and equipment. Its budget increased from $10m to $107.5m, and its maximum size more than tripled from 400 recruits to 1,500.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit

[busymom]

Jul 16, 2023 11:36:03 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

We live in Ga., but not too far from Tallahassee, only about 70 mi. by roads...shorter 'as the crow flies'.  And DH's major VA clinic/Dr. is at the VA clinic there.  It scares me more & more to have to travel inside Fl. for his appointments & treatments.  

They have already invalidated certain driver's licenses from 5 states and DeSantis' "army" is being trained as a milita, not a force to help when disasters strike...like flooding & hurricanes....which is what was original said would be the purpose of this group.  A bunch of Veterans who signed up have quit due to the training.  I'll see if I can find a link to the article...
Here is one link...to the $100M for the "STATE Guard"....


www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-100m-private-florida-army-raises-questions-1786877

A Florida state guard established by the rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, under the guise of a civilian disaster relief force is instead being trained as an armed, combat-ready militia under his personal command, according to military veteran recruits who have quit the program.

Several veterans resigned after an encampment last month having become concerned at the “militaristic” training and “abuse” one disabled veteran suffered at the hands of instructors, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times.

Promoted by DeSantis as an “emergency focused, civilian defense force” when it was established in June 2022, the state guard has quickly morphed into something quite different, the report found.

Volunteers have been trained for military combat, including the use of weapons; khaki polo shirts and pants were replaced by camouflage uniforms; and recruits were “barked at” by boot camp instructors at the joint training base who woke them before dawn and imposed lights-out by 10pm.

Additionally, DeSantis’s compliant, Republican-led state legislature has contributed to the change of direction, this year approving a massive expansion in the force’s funding, size and equipment. Its budget increased from $10m to $107.5m, and its maximum size more than tripled from 400 recruits to 1,500.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit

     DeSantis has been on the crazy train for awhile.  Remember back when Covid was new?  DeSantis had police right at the state border, and cars from "certain" states (that DeSantis was p*ssed off at) were pulled over, and ordered to quarantine.  That was no rumor.  I was living close to the state line at the time, and it was like I was living in a different country when I was driving back & forth into Georgia.

     As much as I loved my neighbors there, I was so happy to move out.  I've got a bad feeling that his crazy has only begun.  It wouldn't surprise me if DeSantis was voted out the next election, and he tries a "January 6" to stay in office.  

[djAdvocate]

congratulations for expatriating from the Kingdom Of Florida.

[djAdvocate]

"Strong and credible evidence has recently been revealed that Covid-19 and Covid-19 injections are biological and technological weapons,"

given that virology is a branch of biology, who could dispute this?

of course, words don't mean what he thinks they mean, but that is another discussion.

[djAdvocate]

“The resolution includes references to data from a 2021 Pfizer study showing more than 1,200 deaths and 42,000 ‘adverse cases’ associated with the vaccine worldwide between December 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021, but fails to include other important context."



The report notes that, "By March 1, 2021, more than 72 million doses of the vaccine had been administered and more than 48 million people vaccinated in the United States alone, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

so, we have 1,200 deaths and 42,000 unspecified adverse conditions.
the WHO estimates that the mrna vaccines have saved over 18.5 million lives.

so, on the one hand, we have 1200 people who died.  and yeah, that is terrible.
on the other hand we have 15,000 people saved for each one that died.  oh, and 60,000 were safely vaccinated.  let's not forget that, either.
and that is utterly fantastic, slam dunk, etc.

but fine.  outlaw the vaccine.  just make sure you send your doses to wherever
i happen to live in the future, ok?  you have my permission to die in large numbers
once i am gone.  until then, you are a disease vector, so get fucking vaccinated, ok?

[djAdvocate]

that bill is genocidal.  who ARE these people behind it?  morticians?

[djAdvocate]

12,000 people died falling down stairs last year.
stairs are a biological weapon, and should be outlawed.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Jul 16, 2023 11:54:50 GMT -5 busymom said:

Jul 16, 2023 11:36:03 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

We live in Ga., but not too far from Tallahassee, only about 70 mi. by roads...shorter 'as the crow flies'.  And DH's major VA clinic/Dr. is at the VA clinic there.  It scares me more & more to have to travel inside Fl. for his appointments & treatments.  

They have already invalidated certain driver's licenses from 5 states and DeSantis' "army" is being trained as a milita, not a force to help when disasters strike...like flooding & hurricanes....which is what was original said would be the purpose of this group.  A bunch of Veterans who signed up have quit due to the training.  I'll see if I can find a link to the article...
Here is one link...to the $100M for the "STATE Guard"....


www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-100m-private-florida-army-raises-questions-1786877


www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit

     DeSantis has been on the crazy train for awhile.  Remember back when Covid was new?  DeSantis had police right at the state border, and cars from "certain" states (that DeSantis was p*ssed off at) were pulled over, and ordered to quarantine.  That was no rumor.  I was living close to the state line at the time, and it was like I was living in a different country when I was driving back & forth into Georgia.

     As much as I loved my neighbors there, I was so happy to move out.  I've got a bad feeling that his crazy has only begun.  It wouldn't surprise me if DeSantis was voted out the next election, and he tries a "January 6" to stay in office.  

Isn’t this his second term? Doesn’t Florida have a two term limit?

[djAdvocate]

Jul 16, 2023 14:18:29 GMT -5 Cheesy FL-Vol said:

Jul 16, 2023 11:54:50 GMT -5 busymom said:

     DeSantis has been on the crazy train for awhile.  Remember back when Covid was new?  DeSantis had police right at the state border, and cars from "certain" states (that DeSantis was p*ssed off at) were pulled over, and ordered to quarantine.  That was no rumor.  I was living close to the state line at the time, and it was like I was living in a different country when I was driving back & forth into Georgia.

     As much as I loved my neighbors there, I was so happy to move out.  I've got a bad feeling that his crazy has only begun.  It wouldn't surprise me if DeSantis was voted out the next election, and he tries a "January 6" to stay in office.  

Isn’t this his second term? Doesn’t Florida have a two term limit?

The current constitution of 1968 states that should the governor serve, or would have served had he not resigned, more than six years in two consecutive terms, he cannot be elected to the succeeding term.

[busymom]

Jul 16, 2023 14:28:52 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Jul 16, 2023 14:18:29 GMT -5 Cheesy FL-Vol said:

Isn’t this his second term? Doesn’t Florida have a two term limit?

The current constitution of 1968 states that should the governor serve, or would have served had he not resigned, more than six years in two consecutive terms, he cannot be elected to the succeeding term.

    But he thinks he's "speshul".  You know, like Trump.      Rules don't apply then...

[mollyanna58]

He figures he will be President, so he won't need to be re-elected in FL.

[Tennesseer]