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.

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      I think his opinions are extremely usefully actually. I do the opposite of whatever he says, and am currently scheduling my vaccine right now.

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      Unfortunately, that wetland was included in the recent ~60% that were excluded, and is no longer classified as a wetland.

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    Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo expressed concerns over the shot’s safety…

    Conservatives are not worried about safety at all. They are anti-mask, anti-distancing and anti-WFH. They are simply pro-sickness, as crazy as that may sound. Their actions prove it.

    Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every single word. They are a plague in desperate need of a cure.

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      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.

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    Desantis trying to kill off a few more of his voters this winter, before the primary season kicks off. That’s that herd mentality working for ya.

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      Is the math on this really just: ‘yeah some of your voters will die, but a few more will poll better for you by a few points’?

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    This quack needs to lose his medical licence yesterday! He’s no better than Andrew Wakefield who DID lose his for making up the “vaccines cause autism” lie! Might be even worse!

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      Lol, they’re definitely going to get vaccinated. This is just the doublespeak and hypocrisy they use to motivate their cultists.

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        I would agree with you, but considering DeSantis’ politics, he’s making the world (or, at least, Florida) a far worse place. People like DeSantis is dangerous for a lot of people, where they could literally die due to his politics, which he is signing into law(s).

        I don’t want people to die, but when you’re hurting people the way he does, I honestly believe the world would be better without them. I want Pootintin to die as well - his beliefs and politics have killed tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people. In Europe, the gas and electricity prices are growing steadily due to his, making poor people even poorer. There are elderly who has to decide to either pay their electricity bill or get food due to the russian fucktard. But hey, good thing I’m not a politician!

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      I’d advise holding off for another couple weeks, the new batch is effective against the latest covid strain, current one isn’t.

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        They released the new batch, at least in the U.S. When I made my appointment (at CVS), it specifically said “2023-2024 Moderna.” I think the non-mRNA one is still awaiting approval but Pfizer and Moderna are out.

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    Unfortunately, I just got my, what? 5th? 6th booster? Because of the new variants floating around and I have to go to a conference in Vegas in October.

    I’ve lost track now, I’m on my 2nd vaccine card.

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    Unfortunately, I just got my, what? 5th? 6th booster? Because of the new variants floating around and I have to go to a conference in Vegas in October.

    I’ve lost track now, I’m on my 2nd vaccine card.

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      Oh, well you are definitely gonna get autism or catch gay for sure real soon, ya hear. Real dang ol’ soon! Just you wait! Then you’ll be begging President Trump to invent the real cure! He’s just been waiting for y’all libs to come crawling to him with tears in your eyes, crying and begging for his help! Checkmate science-lovers!

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        And the heart condition! No, wait, I already HAD the heart attack and open heart surgery in 2018 and the myocarditis in 2019…

        I laughed so hard when they were going on about myocarditis… No shit it hurts like a son of a bitch. Feels like you’re being stabbed right in the goddamned heart.

        It actually hurt worse than when I had the actual heart attack. But my doc explained it can be caused by ANY infection, take some anti-inflammatories and it would be fine.