DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine as 'biological weapon'
The Brevard County Republican Executive voted by a supermajority this week to call upon Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban sale and distribution of Covid “and all related vaccines” in the state, Florida Today reported.
The nonbinding resolution also demanded that “Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody seize all remaining doses in the state for safety testing, ‘on behalf of the preservation of the human race,’ the resolution states," the report said.
The resolution is part of a trend among GOP county officials in the state, and “closely mirrors” a measure advanced in February in Lee County. Last month a similar resolution was passed in Tampa Bay Hillsborough County, bringing the total to more than half a dozen counties, the outlet reported.
Here’s some verbiage from the resolution in Brevard County, according to Florida Today:
"Strong and credible evidence has recently been revealed that Covid-19 and Covid-19 injections are biological and technological weapons," the Brevard draft resolution says, citing claims that have been disproven and disputed by respected medical groups.
"An enormous number of humans have died or been permanently disabled" by the vaccine, it says. "Government agencies, media and tech companies, and other corporations, have committed enormous fraud by claiming Covid-19 injections are safe and effective."
Florida Today did add this disclaimer:
“The four-page resolution cites a mix of news and government sources, legitimate scientific papers — including a Swedish study, purported to show that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine alters human DNA, that its authors have said has been misinterpreted by vaccine critics — and fringe websites."
It continues:
“The resolution includes references to data from a 2021 Pfizer study showing more than 1,200 deaths and 42,000 ‘adverse cases’ associated with the vaccine worldwide between December 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021, but fails to include other important context."
The report notes that, "By March 1, 2021, more than 72 million doses of the vaccine had been administered and more than 48 million people vaccinated in the United States alone, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
“The CDC has acknowledged some complications have occurred with different versions of the shot, but says 'severe reactions' are rare and the benefits of vaccination ‘continue to outweigh any potential risks,’ according to its website," the report states.
The New York Times COVID-19 tracker reported as of today that 67 percent of Brevard County residents – and 93 percent of its seniors – have received the primary vaccination against COVID-19.