{"id":56088,"date":"2023-01-23T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T19:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=56088"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T19:40:50","slug":"desantis-takes-aim-at-vaccine-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=56088","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis takes aim at vaccine, mask mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for long-term rules against school mask mandates and workplace vaccine requirements, reports John Kennedy at\u00a0USA Today<\/a>. The move is widely seen as part of his presumed candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.<\/div>\n
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Florida enacted temporary laws against such mandates\u00a0in late 2021<\/a>, but those regulations expire in June. DeSantis now seeks to make the bans permanent, framing the issue as central to Floridians\u2019 freedom.<\/div>\n
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Florida state House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell accused DeSantis of spreading \u201ca dangerous message,\u201d reports\u00a0CNN<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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DeSantis\u2019 stance against protective COVID measures is part of a major reversal; he touted vaccines as lifesavers in early 2021.<\/div>\n
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It places him well to the right of his likely rival for the Republican nomination, former President Donald Trump, whose Operation Warp Speed supported COVID-vaccine development.<\/div>\n
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DeSantis\u2019 politics are having impact as far away as Las Vegas, where last week the Elko County Board of Health considered a moratorium on both COVID and flu vaccines.<\/div>\n
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The item was placed on the agenda by a concerned resident, who also suggested pausing local vaccine advertisements due to the ongoing\u00a0Florida Supreme Court case<\/a>\u00a0\u201cto investigate the wrongdoing related to COVID-19 vaccines,\u201d reports Jessica Hill at the\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The Board of Health decided it had no authority to block the vaccines and noted it does not advertise the vaccines beyond telling people where to get them.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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