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Urgency of Normal, the Great Barrington Declaration, and the antivax movement

Florida antivax antimask "Urgency of Normal"
Besides the horrible image, what was also horrible was the presence of all manner of COVID-19 cranks, including antimaskers and antivaxxers.

On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis convened a roundtable including “Urgency of Normal,” Great Barrington Declaration authors, and antivaxxers. This was no coincidence, given the common talking points and causes between the groups.

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Florida Sen. Manny Diaz wants to “review” all vaccine mandates

Sen. Manny Diaz
Florida State Senator Manny Diaz wants to "review" all vaccine mandates, not just COVID-19 vaccine mandates. This was always one part of the endgame of the antivaccine movement, to eliminate all vaccine mandates of any kind.

Florida State Senator Manny Diaz wants to “review” all vaccine mandates in Florida, not just COVID-19 mandates. This was always the endgame for the antivaccine movement, and COVID-19 might just make it happen in some states, thanks to the embrace of antivaccine and antimask “freedumb” by Republican politicians

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Gov. Ron DeSantis further embraces the Great Barrington Declaration by appointing Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Florida Surgeon General

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida Surgeon General
To paraphrase Florida Surgeon General Dr. Ladapo elsewhere: "Don't worry. Just eat right, lose weight, exercise, and get vaccinated (but ONLY if you want to). Everything will be alright." Also: vaccines are killing young men. Also: "I changed the study."

Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. Joseph Ladapo, an apostle of the Great Barrington Declaration’s eugenics lite “focused protection” approach to COVID-19, as Florida Surgeon General. If you want to see the harm caused by the GBD and crank “COVID contrarian” physicians, look no further.