DeSantis: 3 Years Later, Biden Still Pushing ‘Failed’ Fed COVID Policies

On March 16, 2020 President Donald Trump and U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention issued “15 Days to Slow the Spread” COVID-19 Guidance “advised” Individuals and businesses can adopt social distancing strategies such as working remotely and closing down many restaurants and shops.

Many states and local governments cited the guidance of the CDC and implemented pandemic restrictions for schools, businesses, and public gatherings, even though they had not yet done so.

Among those states was Florida where, the next day, St. Patrick’s Day—a huge day for restaurants and bars—Gov. Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 2068 suspending all alcoholic beverages for 30 day and imposing a number of restrictions on restaurants. “non-essential” Retailers and groups of 10 or more people in public places, such as a beach.

Over the next two-months, what would happen would determine the course of ongoing battles between DeSantis’ and federal agencies and local governments, as well as school boards and the Biden administration, over Florida’s refusal adhere to the. “experts” Making the federal “advisories” DeSantis will be the leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024.

By April 2020, he said, the state—and many others—could ascertain from mounting data that mask mandates were not stopping the spread.

He said that by May 2020, evidence showed the virus was not as dangerous to children and teens as it did to those who missed school. Research also confirmed that those who were infected with COVID-19 developed antibodies that make them more resistant to it, he stated.

When vaccines became available, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) rubber-stamped accelerated approvals to make the shots available—and mandatory—with little research on potential side effects and no concern for people’s individual rights, he recalled.

DeSantis claimed that while the CDC struggled to control children in schools, people shopping, workers and diners, the agency would be in May 2020. “said it was okay to go out and protest with [Black Lives Matter], but not to go out and protest against lockdowns.”

“This was presumably a woke virus,” He said that he was aware that the CDC pandemic protocols had been implemented in May 2020. “more about them having an agenda” More than just using science and data for public health.

‘Reality Had No Impact’

“We’re here looking at this three years out and the experts who designed these policies, the experts that were hectoring everybody, they were wrong about everything,” He said. “They were wrong about lockdowns. We were attacked mercilessly because we were not doing that. Lockdown policies did not work. They were wrong about school closures, mask mandates, antibodies,” Many other things.

DeSantis stated this when he spoke at The Fire Restaurant, which is a steakhouse located downtown Winter Haven. “reality had no impact” Anthony Fauci, Director of the CDC and National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, managed the COVID-19 pandemic despite the fact that they were not able to. “flippant” These decisions have direct and immediate effects on families, students, and businesses.

Florida continues to fight federal agencies over pandemic protocol, the governor stated. The governor opposed the Biden administration’s attempts to reimpose compulsory masks for airline passengers as well as the requirement that foreign nationals have up-to-date vaccination records to be admitted into the United States.

“For three years,” He stated, “the experts got it wrong. We are not going to let this state descend into a ‘Faucian dystopia,’ allow this whole infrastructure they’re trying to impose on society to control behavior.”

DeSantis didn’t address Trump 2024’s state ethics complaint. “shadow campaign” For the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination is in violation of state electoral laws, did not update Tallahassee efforts for state lawmakers to repeal Florida’s “resign to run” law did not provide any details about the Russian invasion in Ukraine “a territorial dispute” This statement was not of strategic significance to the United States at all earlier this week. He also did not respond to sharp rebuttals from many congressional Republicans regarding that statement. It is a complete reverse from his public support for Ukraine as a congressional representative in 2014.

The governor did not declare he was running for president—no one expects him to until after the Florida Legislature adjourns in early May—though he recently concluded a “book tour” Iowa and Nevada are primary states that were founded in the early stages of the twentieth century. They have a mid-April date. “book tour” Visit planned to early-primary New Hampshire

DeSantis did not discuss any of this in his Winter Haven steakhouse. He was focusing on the three-year mark of the lockdowns, which he ordered in good faith as he believed federal health officials were following the science and data when developing policies to deal with the virus.

Now he knows better, DeSantis said, and that experience has shaped a leadership style that challenges—and betters—unelected government bureaucrats to be more responsive to leaders elected, and accountable, to the people.

He said that as a result, “We saved countless jobs, kept many, many businesses afloat,” Florida’s 4th-grade math and reading scores outperform those of New York and California. They also excel in containing the spread COVID-19, hospitalizations, deaths and other restrictions.

The state’s economy “would have failed had we adopted the policies of other states,” DeSantis stated that other states’ economies would have done better in the fall and summer of 2020 if they had adopted Florida’s policies.

After all the criticism, “incoming” His administration received in 2020 & 2021, there is general recognition that the CDC and FDA pandemic policies of the Biden administration were a “total disaster,” He stated, “Yet here we are three years later and they are still clinging to failed policies.”

DeSantis stated that the federal government must lift its ban on foreign nationals entering airports without having their vaccine records updated. He also warned that there could be severe consequences. “Biden administration is still arguing in court now to reimpose the mask mandate in air travel. You can’t make this stuff up. Three years later, they’re still trying to do that, they’re still clinging to failed policies, still pursuing an agenda.”

Feds Dispute Florida Vax Findings

DeSantis stated that the FDA and CDC have been hiding information regarding the safety and efficacy of the mRNA vaccination.

“Right from the beginning, they said the mRNA shots would prevent you from getting the virus,” He said. “We know that is not true and especially not true with the booster jabs. It’s just not true. It’s not about public safety. They are pursuing an agenda.”

DeSantis said “as the efficacy of [the mRNA shot] was coming into question, that is when they wanted to coerce people” to be vaccinated. “Biden wanted a national mandate,” He said that he would impose a “jab or job” Law enforcement, first responders, nurses and truck drivers are all mandated.

“We came in and stopped coercion,” He stated that the state became the first to investigate claims from pharmaceutical manufacturers, CDC and FDA about the efficacy, using an empaneled grand jury “looking into everything surrounding the COVID jabs” Learning how data is used to inform decisions

“The CDC has whiffed on so many different things related to this. Now they put something out and you just dismiss it,” DeSantis cited the refusal of FDA and CDC to acknowledge data analysis by Florida’s Department of Health that showed shots lose efficacy over the years and increase health risks for many.

Joseph Lapado, Florida’s Surgeon General, wrote to Robert Califf and Rochelle Walensky (CDC Director) on February 15, stating that there has been a dramatic rise in the number. “adverse health events” Those who received COVID-19 vaccines reported adverse events to the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

Walensky and Califf, in a March 10 response, said Florida’s findings were “incorrect,” “misleading,” And possibly “harmful to the American public.”

Along with many other experts in public health, the agency chiefs stated that Lapado had incorrectly interacted data. They also noted that Lapado’s reporting of “adverse events” After receiving vaccines, the standard was not met “adverse event rate” It can also incorporate ratios in its calculations.

“Focusing on adverse events in the absence of causal association and without the perspective of countervailing benefits is a great disservice to both individuals and public health,” They wrote. “Not only is there no evidence of increased risk of death following mRNA vaccines, but available data have shown quite the opposite: that being up to date on vaccinations saves lives compared to individuals who did not get vaccinated.”

Lapado, who was accompanied by DeSantis double-downed Florida’s claims of vaccine efficacy safety.

“These vaccines have a terrible safety profile. At this time in the pandemic, I don’t think anybody should be taking them,” He claimed that he was calling the FDA’s and CDCs objections deceitful.

“The CDC and FDA—the most consistent thing they have done is deny the truth,” Lapado noted that the agencies still believe masks stopped virus spread, even though data shows that mask mandates are not. “didn’t do squat” In stopping the disease.

He cited a study about mRNA vaccines that was published in The Lancelet, a British medical journal. He also noted that federal agencies have not cited the findings of the study after seven months. “protection declines by about 70 percent.”

These data “literally means the people taking that vaccine are more likely to get the virus than those who don’t. Has the CDD or FDA ever said a word about that? These guys, they’re geniuses in rewriting reality,” Lapado said, adding he doesn’t “know what the hell” The federal government bases its policies on.

“It is not your well-being. It is not my well-being. It is someone else’s agenda,” He said. “The fight isn’t over. The rewriting of reality to control your behavior, thoughts, and beliefs—it is an ongoing battle they are fighting. Our job is to supply you with the truth, and we’re going to keep doing that.”