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Friday, December 16th, 2022

DeSantis Sucks Up to the Anti-Vax Crowd

Author:     AMANDA CARPENTER
Source:     The Bulwark
Publication Date:     DECEMBER 15, 2022 | 5:30 AM
 Link: DeSantis Sucks Up to the Anti-Vax Crowd
Stephan:   Political affiliation, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, has emerged as a defined risk factor for COVID-19. The evidence is clear and unimpeachable,  there is a link between political affiliation, vaccination, and death. Republican-leaning counties have lower vaccination rates and higher COVID-19 death rates than Democrat-leaning counties. Covid has shown that large blocs of people can be manipulated through disinformation, to the point where they will put their lives at risk. Also that individuals in one party are willing to use that disinformation, however murderous, to attain and sustain political power.
FLorida Christofacist Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s record handling the COVID-19 pandemic is nuanced. After initially locking down the state’s businesses and schools and installing highway checkpoints to monitor travel, he was among the first governors to lift restrictions on businesses—and even went so far as to forbid local governments from fining people for violating masking or social-distancing rules. He worked hard to make vaccines readily available but didn’t support vaccine mandates or vaccine passports. Taking this whole picture into account, DeSantis could tell a compelling story about balancing individual liberty and public health, about tough decisions and real leadership.

But DeSantis has decided to screw all that.

As he seeks to elevate his profile further and distinguish himself from potential 2024 presidential rivals, DeSantis is sucking up to the anti-vax crowd and styling himself as a crusader against what he calls the “biomedical security state.” And, like most of DeSantis’s political stunts, his overtures to the fringe are pretty cringey.

On Tuesday, as the state legislature was embroiled in a complex debate about skyrocketing home-insurance rates, DeSantis hosted […]

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1 Comment

  1. sam crespi on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 9:34 am

    I would like to see verifiable data re whether De Santos and his family were vaccinated. There seem to be many who seriously believe they are above any potential of becoming sick. That they have a way to stay well without a vaccine. That vaccines are not 100% effective. And I believe there are a number of people who follow practices of alternative medicine, ie homeopathic, who believe being vaccinated goes against what they practice.