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‘Vaccines are saving lives’: DeSantis stresses importance of shots as Florida COVID cases spike, criticizes mask mandates
WFLA 8 Tampa ^ | Melanie Michael

Posted on 07/21/2021 4:13:41 PM PDT by semimojo

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in St. Petersburg to discuss red tide on Wednesday, but took time to answer questions and address Florida’s recent spike in coronavirus cases and stress the importance of the COVID vaccine.

“Here’s, I think, the most important thing with the data: if you are vaccinated, fully vaccinated, the chance of you getting seriously ill or dying from COVID is effectively zero,” DeSantis said. “If you look at the people who are being admitted to hospitals, over 95 percent of them are either not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated at all. These vaccines are saving lives. They are reducing mortality.”

The governor said he’s been urging people to get vaccinated for months because of what he called the “summer season.”...

While DeSantis stressed the importance and efficacy of the vaccine, he also warned against government officials pushing vaccination too hard.

“They have different reasons for why they don’t take it and I think the more they’re hectored by government officials or some of these folks – that is not going to get them to ‘yes.’ I can tell you that right now,” he said. “I think these are folks that have skepticism of authorities. I think they have different reasons why they may not do it. I don’t think most of them think COVID is a hoax or anything. I think they understand.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wfla.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid19; vaccination; vaccines
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To: semimojo

The border is wide open for millions of illegals to flood in and disperse around the country. They will, by definition, never get the vaccine because it would create a record of their presence and location. If DeSantis never mentions any of that from his platform, he is not to be trusted, since he is doing just what the Biden administration is doing.


101 posted on 07/21/2021 6:02:11 PM PDT by odawg
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To: waredbird

Good luck finding one who will do for you therapeutically what would or could help you, because so many have been ducked into the way of thinking just expressed by your zero-integrity doctor.

HCQ and/or Ivermectin, preferably both. A COVID-19 test performed immediately but not waiting for the results to commence treatment. Vitamin D and other appropriate vitamins like C. Tamiflu or generic equivalent in case what’s present is Influenza (it’s possible). A Z-pack or generic equivalent week-long round of antibiotic—the bacterial cells of the gut biome can be separately infected by SARS-Cov-2 and frankly should be killed off and rebuilt later so as not to serve as a passive reservoir for live SARS-CoV-2 virions that could later serve as a source of future or resumed infection of one’s bodily cells after initial recovery. Zinc supplementation. THSEE AND OTHER MEASURES CONSTITUTE WISE AND RESPONSIBLE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHOSE EARLY SYMPTOMS SEEM TO INDICATE SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION! HOW DARE THESE SO-CALLED DOCTORS DISMISS IT OR DENY ANYONE THE BENEFIT OF THEM!


102 posted on 07/21/2021 6:09:09 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Republican Wildcat
OK, so you believe the mainstream media. These are the same people who have lied to us about the lack of cheating in the 2020 elections, the "mostly peaceful" riots in cities from Seattle to New York that cost dozens of lives and several billion dollars in property damages, the need for spreading critical race theory throughout the public and private sectors, the benefits of sexual perversion, and exposing little children to pederasts, e.g.. drag queen story hours.

There is no reason to believe the consistently lying liberal media about COVID-19 and the "vaccines". If they lie to us on so many other matters, why would they tell the truth?

As far as CDC reporting goes, why would they be honest on these matters? These people consistently lied about the source of the virus, denigrated and forbade use of treatments that were effective against COVID-19, e.g. Dr. Zelenko in New York, overestimated the potential deaths from the disease, and recommended the use of masks, which were ineffective.

Alternative media and "conspiracy theorists" are not all necessarily correct, but at least are not pushing a statist agenda of "vaccines" and lockdowns.

103 posted on 07/21/2021 6:12:28 PM PDT by Wallace T. ( )
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To: semimojo

The biggest problem is people [misunderstanding] **dismissing** or [misrepresenting] **covering up** VAERS data.

FIFY.

YW.


104 posted on 07/21/2021 6:12:39 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: semimojo

July 16, 2021 In Missouri

“Those ICUs are also filling with younger patients, in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, including many with no underlying health problems. In part, that’s because elderly people have been more likely to get vaccinated, leaving Delta with a younger pool of vulnerable hosts.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/07/delta-missouri-pandemic-surge/619456/

Delta Covid is also spreading fast in Arkansas, Texas, LA County and parts of Florida.


105 posted on 07/21/2021 6:14:41 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: one guy in new jersey
The biggest problem is people [misunderstanding] **dismissing** or [misrepresenting] **covering up** VAERS data.

Do you think VAERS data represents deaths caused by the vaccine?

106 posted on 07/21/2021 6:17:04 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: AndyTheBear

my have times changed...in 1973 Roe was legalized but human life still had value.

SWINE FLU PROGRAM IS HALTED IN 9 STATES AS 3 DIE AFTER SHOTS

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/13/archives/swine-flu-prograrm-is-halted-in-9-states-as-3-die-after-shots.html


107 posted on 07/21/2021 6:17:16 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: semimojo

Australian government:

COVID-19 itself poses 8 to 10 times the risk of blood clots (in the brain) than that of COVID-19 vaccines.

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/thrombosis-with-thrombocytopenia-syndrome-tts

You should seek medical attention immediately if, following vaccination, you have any of these symptoms:

a severe or persistent headache that:
starts at least 4 days after vaccination
doesn’t improve with simple pain-relief medicines such as paracetamol
may be worse when lying down
may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting
blurred vision
difficulty speaking
difficulty breathing
chest pain
drowsiness
seizures
swelling in the leg
persistent abdominal (stomach) pain associated with feeling unwell
tiny blood spots under the skin, away from the site of injection
Common and expected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines include fever, sore muscles, tiredness and headache. These usually start within 24 hours of vaccination and last for 1 to 2 days. These side effects shouldn’t worry you unless they’re severe or persistent.


108 posted on 07/21/2021 6:20:20 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: mac_truck
Any President, whether Trump or his predecessors, tend to be surrounded by a Praetorian Guard. The inner circle controls the news sources to which a President has access. Given the effective veto power Senator McConnell and his fellow RINOs had over Trump's choices of Cabinet and sub-Cabinet officers, it would be difficult for a real conservative to have access. Additionally, family members Jared and Ivanka Kushner, with their Establishment leanings, had a great deal of influence on President Trump.

As a result, any news sources outside of "Conservatism, Inc.", such as Fox News or Salem Broadcasting, would have a difficult time reaching Trump.

109 posted on 07/21/2021 6:20:50 PM PDT by Wallace T. ( )
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To: semimojo

It represents hot data that should send regulators hustling to see if a bad pattern is developing that might merit taking the serum injection in question off the market.

50 VAERS-reported deaths were sufficient in the past for regulators to do just that.

Why in this day and age are we busting through 5 figures worth of deaths with “never was heard a discouraging word” from the FDA!?!? They need to get on their horse!


110 posted on 07/21/2021 6:23:12 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: digger48

Good to know that no one hounded you to take these shots, while you were in the hospital.

Hope you have a quick and complete recovery.


111 posted on 07/21/2021 6:24:38 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: semimojo; All
Republican politicians should learn to keep their mouths shut on matters of individual liberty. Why should politicians tell us what and wear to wear a friggin mask or get a shot that may kill us?

America needs to get get back to basics... resume living without fear of government intrusion. It’s bad enough the feds confiscate our labor every April 15th.

112 posted on 07/21/2021 6:27:40 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Maskot
You are going to be thinking about your fauxinne for the rest of your life. Good luck

Meaning???
113 posted on 07/21/2021 6:38:40 PM PDT by adorno
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To: semimojo

CDC website: “recent reports indicate a plausible causal relationship between the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and TTS, a rare and serious adverse event—blood clots with low platelets—which has caused death”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/adverse-events.html


114 posted on 07/21/2021 6:39:26 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: huldah1776

“In October, three people died of heart attacks after they had received the vaccine at the same Pittsburgh clinic, which sparked an investigation and the recall of that batch of vaccine. The investigation showed that the deaths were not related to the immunization.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_swine_flu_outbreak


115 posted on 07/21/2021 6:42:29 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: semimojo

Elected politicians are all going to say that. You are free to listen to them or not as you see fit. But so long as they are only suggesting or advising and not compelling, don’t bitch at them for it. Save your rage for things worth getting angry about.


116 posted on 07/21/2021 6:46:37 PM PDT by x
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To: M. Thatcher

Per the linked source:

A preprint study by the University of Oxford examined the records of more than 500,000 COVID-19 patients and used that data to estimate that cerebral venous thrombosis blood clots would occurred in about 39 of every 1 million people with COVID-19.

CVT has been reported to occur in about 5 per million people after a first dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. In more than 480,000 people receiving either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, CVT occurred in 4 per million.

The researchers said that compared to the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, the risk of CVT from COVID-19 was about 10 times greater.

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210416/study-blood-clots-more-likely-from-covid-than-vaccines


117 posted on 07/21/2021 6:48:01 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: digger48

Thank you. It did surprise me, too, when you said it never came up, even for an unrelated admission. You were there for 3 days. How were they going to keep you from getting COVID, I wonder?

I would have thought they would test everyone, and do something to prevent transmission in the hospital.

I do hope you have had a full recovery.

Best wishes to you, and hopes that you don’t have to go near a hospital, again.


118 posted on 07/21/2021 6:48:52 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: dforest

You should go check out raging dissedent on telegram, another guy like me telling it like it is, and the best part is these pro morons aren’t there.


119 posted on 07/21/2021 6:56:49 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

The country doesn’t deserve a president DeSantis. Too many idiots!!!!! I hope he stays in Florida and then runs for senate.


120 posted on 07/21/2021 7:20:52 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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