Brevard’s Republican Executive Committee joined a developing list of Florida Republican chapters calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban the COVID-19 vaccine, which he called a “biological weapon” in a solution this week.
The non-binding solution was followed Thursday through a qualified majority vote of committee members. It now goes to DeSantis, the Brevard County legislative delegation and state party leaders, joining similar committee motions in more than a dozen other counties. .
Brevard executive committee chairman Rick Lacey did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
A preliminary edition of the solution reviewed by reporters largely mirrors one approved by the Lee County Republican Party in February, which made national headlines.
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“Strong and credible evidence has recently been revealed that covid-19 and covid-19 injections are biological and technological weapons,” says Brevard’s draft solution, which features claims that have been refuted and questioned by reputable medical groups.
“A lot of humans have died or become permanently disabled” because of the vaccine, he said. “Government agencies, the media and generation corporations and other corporations have committed massive fraud by claiming that covid-19 injections are effective. “
It calls on DeSantis to ban the sale and distribution of the vaccine “and all related vaccines,” and on Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on all remaining doses in the state for protective testing, “in the call to preserve the human race. “That said.
It also requires disclosures about any products in the state “that use mRNA or genetic modification or curative technology. “
Hillsborough County Republicans approved a solution last month. Its original author, Lee County psychotherapist Joseph Sansone, told the Tampa Bay Times in June that Republican chapters had approved the move in at least five other counties, adding Collier, Lake, St. Johns, Santa Rosa and Seminole, the newspaper reported.
The four-page solution cites a combination of news and government sources, valid clinical articles, adding a Swedish study, which allegedly appears that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine alters human DNA, which its authors say has been misinterpreted by vaccine critics, and fringe websites.
Many of his claims have been challenged by primary medical associations and debunked by fact-checkers at The Associated Press and other news agencies. One cited link seems to announce an edit of the conspiracy theory that Pfizer’s vaccine microchips or other electronic components.
The answer comes with references to data from a 2021 Pfizer study that showed more than 1200 vaccine-related deaths and 42,000 “adverse cases” worldwide between Dec. 1, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021, but it doesn’t come with any other context.
As of March 1, 2021, more than 72 million doses of vaccines have 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. U. S.
The CDC has stated that some headaches have occurred with other versions of the vaccine, but says “severe reactions” are rare and that vaccination “continues to outweigh the potential risks,” according to its website.
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The solution was opposed through some local Republicans. Susan Hammerling-Hodgers, a former BREC district president and former president of the Brevard Trump Club, said she did not attend the assembly to protest what she called the “circus” surrounding the measure.
“As a longtime Republican, I have less difficulty getting through government,” Hodgers, who works on the medical staff as a medical assistant, said in a statement. “When members of the Republican Party vote to eliminate the selection of other Americans to get vaccinated if we need to get vaccinated, then we’ve crossed the line. “
Eric Rogers is a surveillance reporter for FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Rogers at 321-242-3717 or esrogers@floridatoday. com. Twitter: @EricRogersFT.