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DeSantis proposes permanent ban on COVID-19 mandates

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ā€“ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing legislation to permanently ban COVID-19 health measures aimed at mitigating the virus.

DeSantisā€™ proposal would permanently prohibit COVID-19 vaccine passports in Florida.

Florida schools would also not be allowed to institute COVID-19 vaccine or mask requirements.

Businesses would not be allowed to require masks and employers would not be allowed to hire or fire employees based on vaccine status.

ā€œThey sought to discriminate against Americans based on vaccination status, by treating them different in their own workplaces,ā€ DeSantis said while announcing the proposal. ā€œThey sought to impose masking requirements on everyone from spectators at sporting events to young schoolchildren.ā€

According to CNN, House Minority Leader Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, responded to the proposal by calling the governor ā€œthe number one peddler of a dangerous message from the anti-vax establishment.ā€

ā€œIt is a fake ideology with real consequences ā€“ 84,000-plus dead Floridians and counting,ā€ she said. ā€œMasks work, the CDC has proven that. The mRNA vaccines work.ā€


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