Gov DeSantis Objects To Hospital Vaccine Mandates, Plans To Fight Counties On Masks
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âThe challenge in Florida, and in far too many states, is [that] we still donât have vaccination rates high enough, and in some pockets we have actually vaccination rates quite low,â Murthy said in an interview with McClatchy newspapers.
âThe consequence is that Covid is now spreading very quickly in those populations.â
Meanwhile, DeSantis, who recently launched a line of campaign merchandise mocking masks and medical experts, was back home extolling the virtues of vaccinations.
âThese vaccines are saving lives,â he said at a news conference at which he noted that more than 95% of new infections in Florida were of those who had not received a shot. The state ranks 25th in the US, with 48.1% of those eligible fully vaccinated, 0.7% below the national average.