DeSantis proven right on Covid

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’, R-Fla., office had harsh words for the mainstream media’s shift in reporting what they referred to as "forbidden facts" on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rapid response director Christina Pushaw penned a Twitter thread on Tuesday on a New York Times opinion piece admitting "The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?"

"Today, the New York Times published a Forbidden Fact. It only took them THREE YEARS. Now, where does @GovRonDeSantis get his apology?" Pushaw tweeted.

She added, "Ah well, the conclusion of the NY Times article answers my question" along with a screengrab of a paragraph that highlighted the quote, "But ‘do something’ is not science, and it shouldn’t have been public policy," and concluded, "They may never get the apology they deserve, but vindication ought to be enough."
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In an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital, Griffin further decried the media for waiting nearly three years into the pandemic to acknowledge different perspectives.

"Florida leads, and three years later the media and medical establishment reluctantly follow. Thanks to Governor DeSantis, Florida came to this conclusion about mask mandates early in the pandemic, and never allowed vaccine mandates or passports to have a foothold. If the media are now acknowledging the errors of their own narrative, it is obvious that they do so reluctantly," Griffin told Fox News.

He continued, "In Florida, we will not let the media or the biomedical security state have the chance to downplay their harms and do this to the public again."

Griffin elaborated that DeSantis has already announced efforts to prohibit mask mandates and vaccine passports as well as provide protections for unvaccinated citizens and medical professionals who disagree with the "biomedical security state."

"When the world lost its mind, Florida was a refuge of sanity, serving strongly as freedom's linchpin," DeSantis told "Unfiltered with Dan Bongino." "These measures will ensure Florida remains this way and will provide landmark protections for free speech for medical practitioners."

DeSantis has been one of the most prominent Republican figures in opposition to mask and vaccine mandates as scientific studies began showing their lack of efficacy. Throughout the course of the pandemic, however, DeSantis faced intense media backlash for lifting mask and vaccine restrictions sooner than pundits felt appropriate.

Despite this, more media outlets and figures have begun acknowledging that certain coronavirus restrictions were likely pointless as Democratic figures began lifting mandates.
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It is remarkable that some are still insisting on the mask mandates despite their lack of efficacy.  While those who want to get what protection they can from vaccines, it never made much sense to force others to get them.