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Posted on 10/26/2021 1:52:43 PM PDT by RandFan
The Miami Herald's editorial board published a scathing rebuke of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Monday, writing that he is descending into "anti-vaxx Crazyville" after he called a special legislative session to pass new laws aimed at undermining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements for workers.
"We thought things couldn’t get much worse in DeSantis’ handling of the pandemic, but we were wrong — then we were wrong again. Just when you think he’s done enough to undermine our chances of exiting a pandemic that has killed nearly 60,000 Floridians, he has a new trick up his sleeve," the Herald wrote in an op-ed.
The newspaper criticized DeSantis' proposed law that would make businesses liable for medical harm resulting from mandatory vaccines, pointing out that millions of vaccines have been administered in the U.S. without issue. It also took issue with taxpayer funds being used to send lawmakers to Tallahassee to attend a "special session for this nonsense."
"DeSantis has for months tried to walk the tight rope between pleasing anti-vaxxers and not undermining the vaccines his own administration has distributed. If there was any doubt of which side he favors, Thursday’s announcement put the nail in the coffin," wrote the Herald.
The news organization accused DeSantis of ignoring facts and inciting COVID-19 denial and "anti-vaxx fervor," suggesting that his policies are a fundraising tactic. The Herald opined that with his presidential ambitions for 2024, the death toll from COVID-19 would only be a "footnote in the governor’s playbook."
Nearly 60,000 people in Florida have died from COVID-19. The state has recorded over 3.6 million COVID-19 cases. Around 61 percent of Florida's total population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Asked about the Herald's editorial, DeSantis' spokesperson Christina Pushaw told The Hill: "Florida has the lowest COVID-19 case rate in the entire United States, without mask mandates, forced injections, or deadly lockdowns. Why doesn’t the Miami Herald report on this?"
Pushaw pointed to The Washington Post's COVID-19 tracker that shows Florida is currently tied with Hawaii as having the lowest average of daily new COVID-19 cases, with nine cases per 100,000 people.
DeSantis is like Trump with their ability to drive the leftist media bonkers. 🤗
The media is both corrupt and the enemy.
The other side only has a few voices (big pharma and NIH/CDC), is highly organized, and has an end state. It's planned, coordinated, everyone is in step.
The anti-vax crowd will be all over the place and some will be crazy.
“If you don’t read the newspapers, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you are misinformed.” — Mark Twain
Now do the Tranny that just became an Admiral, and the real live walking corpse that it making policy out in California..
The media ignores Florida’s low Covid rate plus the effectiveness of cheap Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine.
Oh noes!!!! He all Cray Cray and stuff.
Tell me, Miami-Herald, what state in the Union has the lowest level and spread of Covid? That’s okay, you can say it. Florida. Crazyville, huh?
I live in Florida. DeSantis has done a great job with the pandemic, we’ve maintained a somewhat normal lifestyle throughout while people in many other states are still huddled in their homes. DeSantis has never been anti-vax, he’s actively encouraged vaccination many times so for the Miami Herald to call him that is an outright lie.
What’s Crazyville is thiniking we have to uproot our lives and our American Way for a disease with maybe a 2% death rate.
Masks? Crazy. Masks 18 mos later? Crazy. Shutting down public places? Crazy. Expending on plastic pieces everywhere? Crazy. Putting floor signs everywhere to separate people? Crazy. Forcing old deaf people to go alone into a hospital for any care? Crazy!
This whole thing has been insane and marks us truly deserving the new name Absurdistan.
But yeah, worrying about a rushed vax for a low-death-rate disease is crazy.
So....no problem then? Right? If the vaccines are perfectly safe, why does it bother you that employers will bear liability for a risk you claim is nonexistent?
Florida needs you but American needs you more.
Wonder if he is investigating any possible link between vaccines and his wife’s recent breast cancer announcement...
Notice they only hawk absolute numbers, not percentages.
Unintelligent, and disingenuous.
YES!!!!
I’m holding out for a hero!
A Ron after a dismal, disastrous Carter.
got a link to buy those shirts?...
Miami Herald, sinking into the same crimes against humanity
dreck Nazi Germany leaders were prosecuted for.
People have the right to make their own choices.
Too bad for you control freaks.
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