Posted on 03/29/2021 7:34:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
If Ron DeSantis isn’t setting himself up for 2024, he’s doing a really good job at looking like he is. The Governor of Florida has been hitting all the rights notes since narrowly defeating Andrew Gillum in 2018. DeSantis has separated himself as the best governor in the country when it comes to handling COVID, having kept his state open with a below-average death rate and a booming economy.
DeSantis has also stepped up to the plate on other issues like big tech. Now, he’s got an answer for Biden’s “vaccine passport” idea, and it’s exactly what you’d expect from someone who has shown no fear of the political establishment.
Great Point By DeSantis On Vaccine Passports:
"I also wonder it's like you're going to do this & what give all this information to some big corporation? You want the fox to guard the henhouse? I mean give me a break. I think this is something that has huge privacy implications." pic.twitter.com/CTeGqvZEsS
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) March 29, 2021
The idea of a vaccine passport is ridiculous. There are tens of millions of people who have already had COVID and are immune. They don’t need to rush out and get the vaccine, which relieves any strain on the supply so those who are actually most vulnerable can be taken care of. Further, it’s simply a completely anti-American mindset to tell people they must have a certain vaccine to operate within the confines of normal life. It’s one thing to require it for children in a public school. It’s another to require it to go to the grocery store or to a ballgame.
This is also a very slippery slope. You start handing government this kind of power, and there will be many other things they suddenly “require” before you can do basic things, and those things will conveniently conform to whatever the left-wing wants at the time.
Regarding DeSantis’ comments, I especially like that he calls into question the wisdom of handing giant corporations even more power and information. Does Target have a right to know your medical history before you can go buy your kid a new backpack? Doing that would also require a lot more red tape and administrative costs. And for what, exactly? If you aren’t in a vulnerable category and those who are have been vaccinated (a majority of seniors have already gotten their first shot), the risks are basically non-existent.
America was founded on individualism and the privacy that comes with that. I’m not anti-vaccine at all, but making it compulsory, especially for those not in the real risk demographics, is a slap in the face to the core principles of our nation. And as I said, the precedent set would be harshly abused going forward. DeSantis is doing the right thing by slapping this down at the state level. Biden can push whatever he wants. It’s not going to happen in these red states, and certainly not in Florida.
“It’s one thing to require it for children in a public school.”
Why would you vaccinate children which have a 99%+ survival rate? Furthermore, wouldn’t this wreak havoc on a young and healthy immune system?
The problem with private social credit is not that it’s up to the individual business, but if that business is large enough, it can try to strongarm its suppliers into adopting that social credit as well, on pain of them being cut off. Likewise, a large distributor or supplier, like Amazon, can strongarm a small business into adopting its social credit, on pain of effectively tanking that business.
Thus, a vaccine passport is still troubling, even if THE GOVERNMENT doesn’t require it. De Santis is spot on.
I think the checkpoints were basically retaliation against states - like New York - that tried to blame Florida and Florida travel for “the virus.” If you were coming from a nearby state like GA, they waved you through, and much of the time they were closed anyway. In other words, it was sort of a PR stunt meant to make it clear that Florida was not the source and that it was “taking precautions.”
It’s gone.
The COVID-19 checkpoint at the Florida weigh station on Interstate 95 below the Georgia state line, the bane of southbound drivers who were stuck in the traffic jams it caused, shut down with no notice.
The state didn’t tell anyone; it just scooped up the big orange traffic control barrels on July 17 and let traffic flow.
FDOT spokeswoman Beth Frady said a news alert about the removal was not needed, even though the agency alerted the news media in June 5 emails and social media that the I-10 checkpoint at the Florida/Alabama state line had been removed.
“The deactivation did not impact traffic within the area, so a traffic advisory was not necessary,“ she said on Monday. ”... The reduction in the need for the checkpoint allows for the redirection of valuable resources from the Department of Health and other agencies for other uses throughout the state.“
I don’t think so. I don’t think business want to be forced to choose between one half of their customers and the other. But they are forced to, just as we are all forced to wear the useless masks, practice the useless “social distancing”, and deal with all of the other nonsense, for a lie. The reality is that if business actually felt free to require or not require masks and the distancing and the incredibly stupid floating plexiglas everywhere, you’d have some business that would go one way, and some that would go the other (and the few that have tried to go the other way, have been immediately hammered by the government). So almost all businesses go with what the state wants, because they don’t want to be fined or shut down, and because they know the government will support anyone who sues a “non-compliant” business, claimIng that they caught the super scary ultra deadly COVID in that place of business.
But I don't see anyone forcing or even encouraging businesses to require a vaccine passport. This is being driven by consumers.
I know for a fact many that people want evidence they've been vaccinated so they can travel to places that require it. And it's a legitimate role of government to provide that proof if the people ask for it.
So almost all businesses go with what the state wants, because they don’t want to be fined or shut down...
Maybe, but I think they do what makes their customers feel most comfortable. Now, their customers may be responding to what the government recommends but the businesses are just trying to get clients in the door.
“I think the checkpoints were basically retaliation against states - like New York - that tried to blame Florida and Florida travel for ‘the virus.’”
If that’s the case, then ... hooray for Florida! NYS did everything wrong so it’s good that someone made them hurt a bit.
I would imagine it would be better to do at night. At least it would be with my cat. He sleeps all day.
If they’re taxing your cat on his miles, you want him asleep...
You are absolutely correct about that. My mistake!
Easy. With this kind of mindset, you just lie and say "yes". How would they know?
They ask to see some documentation - like your passport. Although a big retailer like Target would probably just go honor system.
No, but they have the right to ask you if you’ve been vaccinated before you enter their property. You don’t have to answer or get vaccinated, but they have the right to ask you not to enter if you refuse.
So, then they also have the right to ask if you are homosexual or Muslim, and deny you entry? My medical history/condition is private. Pound sand.
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