Beginning Monday, Florida lawmakers will convene a special meeting called “Keep Florida Freedom”, convened by the Republican governor Ron DeSantis In October, the goal was to stop the mandatory requirement for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Both houses of the Republican-controlled state legislature plan to review four bills that will impose harsher penalties on companies and local governments that need to vaccinate their employees against COVID-19, as well as schools that require students to wear masks.
“No police, no firefighters, no nurses, no one should lose their jobs because of these jabs-we must stand up for people and protect their jobs and livelihoods,” DeSantis said at a news conference. “We will fight freedom.”
As the state’s infection rate declines, Democratic Party Criticizing DeSantis’s mandatory war on masks and vaccines is a political move aimed at countering efforts to control the virus, not the virus itself.
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DeSantis wanted to “throw some red meat at the base to make them happy,” Said State Representative Michael Grieco of Miami Beach. “Decisions are based on politics, not on the well-being, health and safety of Florida people.”
Governor and others Republicans Those who believe that vaccine authorization is a federal excess and an infringement of personal freedom have already fought back against the president Joe BidenEfforts to launch vaccines have forced public health issues into the realm of partisan politics.
Last month, the State of Florida sued the Biden government, demanding that millions of federal workers be vaccinated by November 22.
“The federal government’s approach is wrong. It is wrong to make people unemployed; it is wrong to try to micromanage businesses; it is wrong to deprive key industries of the people we need,” DeSantis said.
As Florida became the epicenter of the virus during the delta wave earlier this year, DeSantis used Controversial health experts Oppose the requirements for wearing masks and vaccinations, oppose the requirements for wearing masks, and advocate more targeted countermeasures against the virus.
Since then, he has become one of the country’s most recognized Republican leaders for his response to the pandemic.
His information about COVID-19 echoes the “Great Barrington Declaration” co-authored by Stanford University professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, which advocates protecting those at the highest risk and allowing others to gain immunity through natural infections.
The governor was vaccinated by Johnson & Johnson in April and officially launched the 2022 re-election campaign last Monday.
Weekly newspaper Contacted DeSantis’ office for further comments.
