Grrrrrrrrrr,
Gov. DeSantis blasts Anthony Fauci AIDS policy in monkeypox comments
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/54 ... monkeypox/
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave some indication of his administration’s policy regarding monkeypox will be Wednesday, by insulting an old foe’s policy recommendations from a bygone era.
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We are not going to be like (Dr. Anthony) Fauci in the ’80s, claiming that families could get AIDS by sitting and watching TV together,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Rockledge, where he and state health officials were addressing opioid treatment.
After asking the Governor’s Office for clarification of DeSantis’ reference, they sent a link to a long-form 1983 interview with Fauci where he said the “full extent of transmissibility” of the disease was not known.
They asserted further clarification of the specific reference would be found in the Twitter replies of Press Secretary Christina Pushaw.
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DeSantis spoke at length about the need to not succumb to “fear,” in comments reminiscent of previous remarks from the Governor during various COVID-19 surges.
“You see any of these politicians out there trying to scare you about this, do not listen to their nonsense. I am so sick of politicians, and we saw this with COVID, trying to sow fear into the population,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis vowed anything the state does “from a public health perspective” will be rooted in “facts” and not “fear.”
States of emergency imposed in other states, he added, will lead to those states opting to “abuse those emergency powers to curtail your freedom.”
DeSantis also suggested monkeypox won’t be the last public health threat, suggesting more viruses could emerge from China.
“Who knows what they’re cooking up in Wuhan? You just never know,” DeSantis speculated.
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Ladapo said there are 500 known cases in Florida, most of them among men and transmitted via sexual contact. There are no fatalities at this point.
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PFFFFFT.
Guy who claims a restaurant with a drag brunch is a public hazard to the community, tries to stoke fear about things in K-12 that aren't happening at all, says don't resort to the politics of fear.
The word "cooking" re COVID seems to imply it was created in the Wuhan Lab - evidence is increasingly showing that's unlikely. Speaking about spreading irrational accusations.
His nut job of a surgeon general says listen to the science, while he clearly ignored the scientific consensus on gender-affirming care, that he spread ridiculous FEAR about. Hello, your "colleagues" at AFD are telling people to watch out for "demon seed and alien DNA" ...
Finally, Guv, yes, in 1983, we were still learning about the transmissibility of HIV. What Fauci said THEN too was absolutely correct. And you know damn well he never said "you could get it from sitting with your family on the couch watching TV." That's an f'n lie.
Msr. Ladapo, so it's not fatal, still a public health perspective in controlling epidemics, even if it was "only" a threat to MSM, well, you know they are Florida citizens too ...