DeSantis Says No

[Jolly]

I think he's right.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/17/governor-ron-desantis-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-kids-five-under-age-florida/

[Mik]

And he may be right.

[Jolly]

Much of the news is portraying it as a ban. It is not. If you have a burning desire to vaccinate your four year-old, you can vaccinate them.

Looking at the science, I don't know why you would do that...

[Mik]

He is doing what governors do...governing. You are free to get your kid the shot, he's just not going to pay for it with state funds.

[Horace]

I hope that guy is the GOP nominee in 2024. The rhetoric and hatred of him will be all but identical to TDS.

[Mik]

I think he will handle it better, though. Trump let it get to him too much.

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace said in DeSantis Says No:

I hope that guy is the GOP nominee in 2024. The rhetoric and hatred of him will be all but identical to TDS.

I dont think so. President Trump is a unique figure. Much (not all) of the things directed to him were brought by himself or his response to initial criticism.

Reminds me of the kid in school that was teased repeatedly because the teasers knew they would get a response.

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in DeSantis Says No:

@Horace said in DeSantis Says No:

I hope that guy is the GOP nominee in 2024. The rhetoric and hatred of him will be all but identical to TDS.

I dont think so. President Trump is a unique figure. Much (not all) of the things directed to him were brought by himself or his response to initial criticism.

Reminds me of the kid in school that was teased repeatedly because the teasers knew they would get a response.

Cool, now we have a prediction to test reality against. We shall see.

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace

[Axtremus]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/17/desantis-vaccine-reversal/

DeSantis goes anti-vaxx.

[Jolly]

I wouldn't say he's anti-vax, I'd say he no longer trusts what he was told and I'd say that he, along with a helluva lot of other Americans, is weighing very heavily the cost/benefit ratio of a much less effective booster.

One that I predict will become even less effective by 2023/2024.

Wanna take the shot, take it. Take it in consultation with your physician and what works best for you. But lockdowns don't work, mandates for the general public don't work at this stage of the epidemic.

COVID is here to stay. It will continue to infect and kill people over 65. Well, guess what...That's been happening with flu for many years.

At some point, you do what's best for you and you live life. I think that's where DeSantis is and I think that's where a lot of other people are, too.