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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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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"There were several other people discussed in the article"

And there were likely many others whose statements didn't fit the narrative, and were summarily omitted. There is an agenda here, driven by people who cannot be trusted.

A damned shame, but it's been that way for a long, long time.

21 posted on 08/17/2021 1:03:26 PM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

More leftist fear mongering propaganda.

You really should find another hobby B_F.


22 posted on 08/17/2021 1:06:54 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftists/Leftism ruins everything it touches. Leftism is a toxic moral pestilence.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ah, they’re gonna get their flu shots now!


23 posted on 08/17/2021 1:08:23 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper; All
Hey there Florida people.

Don't fool yourselves artificial lighting / air conditioning Florida people. The following duckduckgo search indicates that you can find vitamin D deficient people, even in Southern Florida in summer.

florida vitamin d deficiency

Here's an example link.

Vitamin D deficiency in southern Florida

Note that you might consider D3 dietary supplement in my non-medical opinion.

Corrections, insights welcome.

24 posted on 08/17/2021 1:14:23 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I seriously doubt that statement.

AP = Always Propaganda

25 posted on 08/17/2021 1:15:07 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: bankwalker

Everywhere!!!! We have seen the light and know St.Fauci spoke truth to power!!!

Florida has a high vaccination rate. Those like me who have doubts (backed by science) about the vaccines’ overall safety in context of our personal risk choose not to be vaccinated. I don’t consider me a vaccine skeptic. I consider myself rightly cautious.


26 posted on 08/17/2021 1:32:47 PM PDT by lastchance
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To: Joe Brower

I reconsider the notavax every day.
So far my decision remains that the disease isn’t that dangerous, the notavax is experimental, and the hysteria about the whole thing sets off my alarm bells, so I will take my chances as part of the control group and hope that HCQ and Ivermectin can help me if I fall ill.


27 posted on 08/17/2021 2:04:41 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Next from the AP:
“After Biden’s Impressive Leadership Trump Voters Are Switching to Biden.”


28 posted on 08/17/2021 2:05:24 PM PDT by pke
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So the newspaper is based in Callahan, FL. There’s a Winn Dixie in Callahan, but according to the Winn Dixke website the Callahan store doesn’t offer the vax. I guess he could have driven elsewhere....


29 posted on 08/17/2021 2:32:14 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Bump


30 posted on 08/17/2021 3:43:52 PM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: SoConPubbie

This is a human interest story not propaganda.
This man had a story he wanted to tell.
Can’t help those who don’t like free speech.


31 posted on 08/17/2021 9:53:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Spinning spinning spinning.


32 posted on 08/17/2021 9:54:05 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: Boomer

This is a human interest story.
Looks like I have a new fanboy.


33 posted on 08/17/2021 9:55:08 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: SoConPubbie

Correct O Mundo!


34 posted on 08/17/2021 9:56:13 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Hey hey 👍


35 posted on 08/17/2021 9:56:53 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: Flick Lives

😜


36 posted on 08/17/2021 9:58:09 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: Joe Brower

Yup👍


37 posted on 08/17/2021 9:59:14 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Can’t help those who don’t like free speech.

You're knowingly pushing the worst kind of propaganda, and in the process, aiding BIG PHARMA, the Democrats, and the establishment.

Shame on you!
38 posted on 08/18/2021 9:00:42 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie
You're knowingly pushing the worst kind of propaganda, and in the process, aiding BIG PHARMA, the Democrats, and the establishment.
I gladly shared a human interest story looking into the increase in vaccinations. Your sick paranoia is your problem.
39 posted on 08/18/2021 11:36:15 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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