Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said he will push Florida’s GOP-controlled Legislature to make permanent many of his pandemic-era policies, including banning mask mandates and Covid-19 vaccine mandates in schools.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to pass legislation that “protects medical professionals' freedom of speech,” a direct reply to legislation recently signed into law in California by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. | Crystal Vander Weit/TCPalm.com via AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At an event that featured a dermatologist who spreads Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories, Gov.
“We believe that there is no turning back from our direction,” DeSantis said. “And we need to lead with this. We need to lead with this by making all these protections permanent in state statute, which we are going to do in the upcoming legislative session.” DeSantis also wants lawmakers to pass legislation that “protects medical professionals’ freedom of speech,” a direct reply to legislation recently signed into law in California by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a regular political foe for DeSantis. The California law would make spreading misleading medical information about the Covid-19 vaccine a type of “unprofessional conduct” and subject to punishment by the state’s medical board.
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