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Amid new virus surge, Florida skeptics reconsider vaccines
apnews.com ^ | August 17, 2021 | RUSS BYNUM

Posted on 08/17/2021 12:26:16 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

In a rural stretch of northeastern Florida where barely half the people have gotten a coronavirus shot, Roger West had no problem telling others he was “adamantly anti-vaccination.”

The co-owner of the Westside Journal weekly newspaper used his voice as a columnist to widely share his doubts about the vaccine and his mistrust of the health experts in the U.S. who have been urging everyone to get it.

“I do not trust the Federal Government,” West wrote recently. “I do not trust Dr. Fauci, I do not trust the medical profession, nor the pharmaceutical giants.”

But something happened to change his mind: Two of West’s close friends became ill with the virus, and a third died. Rattled and stressed, he prayed for guidance. Then, when his mother and another relative both urged him to get vaccinated, he took it as a sign from God. West drove to the Winn Dixie supermarket and rolled up his sleeve for the first of two injections of the Moderna vaccine.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; fl; florida; humaninterest; propaganda; trumpvaccine
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1 posted on 08/17/2021 12:26:16 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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2 posted on 08/17/2021 12:27:57 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Joseph Mengele would be so proud of this mass media coverage...

gotta get those citizens to line up for the medical experiments....


3 posted on 08/17/2021 12:29:01 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Virus surge should not be a surprise, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security purposely transported thousands of infected illegal aliens to Fla. to try and turn FLa. blue.


4 posted on 08/17/2021 12:29:19 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Gave no description of his friends. How old, physical defects, etc.


5 posted on 08/17/2021 12:29:36 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

FAKE NEWS!!


6 posted on 08/17/2021 12:29:43 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

NOT in FL any longer but.......NAH! Still not interested. Over 70 auto immune issue and I just don’t want it. “Pay the price/not as smart as I thought!” column.


7 posted on 08/17/2021 12:29:52 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A vaccine that doesn’t prevent you from getting sick
A vaccine that doesn’t prevent you from spreading the virus
A vaccine that has killed more than 12,000 people
A vaccine without any long term studies
A vaccine that has no proven ability to prevent infection from the current or any variation of the disease

The stupid of humans baffles me


8 posted on 08/17/2021 12:30:06 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If they publish one more piece of vaccine propaganda it’s an established fact that everyone who thinks the jab has excessive death and health side effects (plus it is an untested biotech, never before used) will suddenly change their minds. Sure, sure they will.


9 posted on 08/17/2021 12:31:27 PM PDT by One4Life (It's all about control )
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I won’t click an AP link. Where in Florida did this occur?


10 posted on 08/17/2021 12:35:15 PM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink kills ...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ..
"Florida skeptics reconsider vaccines"

You don't say? Funny, I haven't seen that here. Not at all. Of course, Mr. Roger West is an exception, so let's treat him as the norm.

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

11 posted on 08/17/2021 12:35:53 PM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Even the CDC says the PCR test cannot tell the difference between COVID-19 and the common every-day flu.

They don’t know if this truly a COVID-19 outbreak or a normal flu outbreak.

This is nothing more than government sponsored pro-vaccine Propaganda and you are helping them do it.


12 posted on 08/17/2021 12:36:02 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: bankwalker
In a rural stretch of northeastern Florida
13 posted on 08/17/2021 12:38:22 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I have not reconsidered.


14 posted on 08/17/2021 12:41:20 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe gd)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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15 posted on 08/17/2021 12:42:18 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (F*ck Joe Biden!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’m pro vaccine but not endless boosters for young and healthy.


16 posted on 08/17/2021 12:44:05 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Wedge Issue Fake News


17 posted on 08/17/2021 12:47:12 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Joe Brower

There were several other people discussed in the article.


18 posted on 08/17/2021 12:55:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

But something happened to change his mind: Two of West’s close friends became ill with the virus, and a third died. Rattled and stressed, he prayed for guidance. Then, when his mother and another relative both urged him to get vaccinated, he took it as a sign from God. West drove to the Winn Dixie supermarket ...

Notice all the appropriate redneck references in this “news” article to help target the Deplorables.


19 posted on 08/17/2021 12:56:51 PM PDT by Flick Lives (We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sez Russ Rectum of the Asspress.


20 posted on 08/17/2021 12:57:14 PM PDT by Luke21
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