'My message is the vaccines protect you,' DeSantis told his constituents at a May 2021 press conference.
Over the last three years, Florida, under DeSantis' leadership, has become the headquarters of anti-vaccine, anti-mask and anti-lockdown rhetoric. The governor has been a vocal opponent of vaccine passports and also prohibited local governments and school boards from mandating face masks at Florida schools.the governor himself is vaccinated.
During the July 2021 appearance in St. Petersburg, the governor goes so far as to criticize the CDC for pumping the breaks on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which he revealed to have, after several women developed blood clots after getting vaccinated. "I think that sent a message that maybe this is not something that they should be doing," DeSantis said."I think that's been unfortunate because I took it, I think it's effective."
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, on November 8, 2022. Inset: President Joe Biden receives his updated COVID-19 booster in the South Court Auditorium at the White House campus on October 25, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Videos showing Florida Ron DeSantis promoting COVID vaccines last year are recirculating amid his request for a state investigation into any"wrongdoing" linked to the mRNA shots.
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