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   DeSantis bravely goes anti-vax on new COVID booster. Enough trying to   
   protect Floridians!   
   Floridians and other folks who get their health advice from Dr. DeSantis   
   are done listening to your ridiculously sensible and well-researched   
   arguments.   
   Rex Huppke   
   USA TODAY   
      
   Hello, and welcome to the free state of Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis   
   is responsibly telling residents under 65 years old to defy the advice of   
   the Food and Drug administration and Centers for Disease Control and   
   Prevention and not get the updated COVID-19 vaccine.   
      
   LIVE FREE AND DIE, BABY!   
      
   I’m proud to finally have a public servant and a Republican presidential   
   primary candidate willing to look voters in the eyes and effectively say:   
   “Sure, all the so-called doctors and scientists are telling you this   
   vaccine is safe and will save lives. But I’m telling you it’s OK to ignore   
   them, to stop believing in 'experts' and to put your faith in me, a person   
   who is definitely not opportunistically catering to the radical, anti-   
   science elements of his base in an effort to gain traction in a primary   
   race I am losing, badly.”   
      
   That’s good enough for me, governor!   
   DeSantis really saying 'Don't trust the CDC or the FDA. Trust me!'   
      
   For too long we Americans have suffered under the tyrannical boot of   
   public health, common sense and basic hygiene.   
      
   In a panel discussion with Florida’s surgeon general, DeSantis said: “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 to be safe or   
   effective.”   
   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis watches as nurse Christine Philips left,   
   administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to Vera Leip, 88, a   
   resident of John Knox Village, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Pompano Beach,   
   Fla.   
      
   And how did CDC Director Mandy Cohen respond to DeSantis’ bold “I, a   
   politician, know better than you doctors” vaccine comment?   
      
   In the typical, lame manner of a reasoned expert supported by a broad   
   coalition of scientists and medical professionals: “They are proven safe;   
   they are effective, and they have been thoroughly and independently   
   reviewed by the FDA and CDC. Since this administration’s launch of the   
   largest adult vaccination program in our nation’s history, COVID-19   
   vaccines have saved millions of lives and kept countless people out of the   
   hospital. Public health experts are in broad agreement about these facts,   
   and efforts to undercut vaccine uptake are unfounded and dangerous.”   
      
      
      
   A classic fact-based response to something I prefer to believe because it   
   doesn’t require me to think or read anything. Have more than 90,000   
   Floridians died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began? Sure, if you believe   
   in counting. But who's to say a vaccine that, according to a 2022 "study"   
   by "respected epidemiologists," prevented more than 3 million additional   
   deaths nationwide make a difference moving forward?   
   Medical experts have criticized Florida's surgeon general – so I shall   
   trust him!   
      
   I’ve got news for you, medical and scientific community: Floridians and   
   other folks who get their health advice from Dr. DeSantis are done   
   listening to your ridiculously sensible and well-researched arguments. We   
   have strong feelings about not getting the new COVID-19 vaccine – call   
   them vibes, if you will – so we’re just going to go with those.   
      
   Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who was sharply criticized   
   throughout the pandemic simply because his views on vaccines ran counter   
   to virtually every sane medical health professional and he altered a study   
   to make it seem like vaccines carry greater risk, is behind DeSantis’   
   advice to avoid the latest jab.   
   Joseph Ladapo Surgeon General of Florida listens from the side as Florida   
   Governor Ron DeSantis gives a speech at the Fire restaurant in Winter   
   Haven Fl Thursday March 16,2023. Ernst Peters/The Ledger   
      
   Some sheeple might ask: Why would you follow the advice of the doctor   
   who’s saying things all the other doctors are calling kooky?   
      
   It’s simple. As DeSantis and many in the Republican Party have tried to   
   make clear over the years, you never want to listen to the experts.   
   Don't listen to experts on medical advice, just follow the vibes and   
   feelings   
      
   For example, I needed an electrician so I had a bunch come to the house.   
   Four of them suggested replacing an electric wire that runs through the   
   basement because it was old and frayed. But the fifth said that was dumb   
   and suggested I just let him wrap it in dry hay and duct tape, then put a   
   gallon of gasoline nearby. If it gives me any more trouble, he said, the   
   ensuing fire will alert me and then we can figure it out from there.   
      
   It's COVID vaccine season!Why do Republicans hate the one thing Trump did   
   right?   
      
   I liked the cut of that guys jib, so I went with him, and now that my   
   house burned down, I don’t even have to worry about that wire!   
      
   So of course I’m in favor of DeSantis and his attempt to demonize the   
   nation’s leading public health agency.   
   I don't need the CDC telling me to wash my hands or not touch turtles   
      
   You want to know some other nutty things the CDC recommends? Here are a   
   few examples:   
      
   “Practice good oral hygiene. Brush teeth thoroughly twice a day and floss   
   daily between the teeth to remove dental plaque.” GET OUT OF MY MOUTH,   
   NANNY STATE, I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT PLAQUE PROTECTS YOUR TEETH FROM   
   CAVITIES!   
   I'm not going to let the government tell me how to touch a turtle.   
      
   “You can get sick from touching a turtle or anything in its environment   
   and then touching your mouth or food with unwashed hands and swallowing   
   Salmonella germs.” I will touch turtles and then touch my mouth whenever   
   and wherever I want to, thank you very much. THIS IS AMERICA!   
      
   “Choose carbs that are higher in fiber and lower in added sugar. For   
   example, say yes to beans and sweet potatoes; say no to sugary drinks and   
   chips.” GO TO HELL!   
      
   “Avoid contact with persons with symptoms of diphtheria, such as fever,   
   sore throat, difficulty swallowing, change in voice, shortness of breath,   
   weakness, or fatigue. Avoid touching the wounds of others.” It is my God-   
   given right to contact people with symptoms of diphtheria and touch their   
   wounds if I want to, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let some big-   
   government know-it-alls tell me otherwise.   
   DeSantis free state of Florida is the place to go if you believe in your   
   right to die from a preventable disease   
      
   By going against the grain and encouraging Americans to distrust sound   
   medical advice regarding the new coronavirus vaccine at a time when his   
   own state has more people in the hospital with COVID-19 than any other   
      
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