Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to sign an executive order on Monday to ban businesses in the state from requiring vaccine passports.
“We are not supporting doing any vaccine passports in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said. “It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society.”
He also called on Florida Republicans to consider state legislation to support a ban on vaccine passports. The governor tweeted, “You want the fox to guard the hen house? I mean, give me a break. I think this is something that has huge privacy implications. It is not necessary to do.”
The announcement follows a Biden Administration report that it is working to develop vaccine credentials for Americans to show proof of vaccination. DeSantis argues the move has huge privacy implications for Americans.
Many of the plans in development for a vaccine passport include integration with smartphone apps. The credentials could include a VR code on a phone or be printed out like an airline ticket. Many companies already claim they will require proof of vaccine to allow people to attend concerts, sporting events or for travel.
Several concerns stand in the way of implementing such a system. For example, only approximately 30 percent of eligible Americans have received a vaccination so far. Are these the only people who will be able to travel or conduct certain business?
There is also a growing disparity among those who could access and use a vaccine passport. Reports are already growing that those who are wealthier have greater access to vaccinations. In addition, access to a smartphone with a vaccine passport could also rule out many low-income Americans.
As DeSantis noted, there are also tremendous privacy concerns. Many Americans have reservations about taking the vaccine due to personal health reasons. Would these Americans be forced to stay at home or no longer be able to operate with other business sectors?
What about Americans who choose not to share their health data with the app providers who will run the vaccine passport programs? Sharing personal health information is quickly becoming a civil liberties issue, and one a growing number of conservatives are noticing.
Gov. DeSantis has become known for his strong opposition to government lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state became one of the first to reopen for business and school, encouraging Floridians with the message that “every job is essential.”
The approach stands in stark contrast with blue states like California and New York that have extended lockdown measures for more than a year. Many public schools in California have yet to return to in-person learning, yet the state’s COVID-19 cases remain higher than those in Florida.
The state’s example has led to other states rolling back restrictions with a common-sense approach to the pandemic. Recent states to end mask mandates include Texas, Mississippi and New Hampshire.
DeSantis knows it’s best for federal government to stay out of vaccination passport business. He’s out to do his part to set the example with his state to oppose big government restrictions on Americans.
Want to do any business or travel, then you must have the mark of the beast. Read Revelations in the bible if you want a true picture of what is to come. Our own government is looking more and more like the the beast that was foretold in prophesy. Vaccine verification to do what?
I believe that we are watching Revelation play out!!
PRECISELY– That’s why for me– No vaccine– and for FREAKIN’ Sure– they can take their Passport BS and put it somewhere. If we don’t Stand Together– they’re gonna trample all over us. God Bless America.
You are exactly right. The Gestapo will be knocking at our doors ext to see our papers before we are allowed out. This BS has to stop and now!!!!!
Good for him. The less government involvement the better. Its just another way for the government to track you. This Administration doesnt need anymore control…theyve pushed their power trip way to far. They cant even handle their own lives let alone deal with ours. Our best interest is not their goal. Our freedom ripped from us is their goal. Theyre corrupt and evil.
Good for you Governor DeSantis!! The right to freedom and liberty is guaranteed by our national Constitution and specifically mentioned is the free travel between the separate states. There is only one reason behind having papers of any sort to travel is the conditioning of citizens to accept more and more control by the federal government. There is no science for the need. No science behind continued business and school closures. The only science is in the brainwashing of citizens into slaves to the whims of government!
Amazing that the rest of the “sheep” cant or wont see the similarities between this latest ploy and what’s happened in the history of any oppressive regime! It’s what happens when you dont teach history anymore.
Thank God for our Governor in Florida. Sure glad I moved out of Virginia a few years ago.
When you get vaccinated, you get a card. Laminate it and there you go.
If Donald Trump does not run again than DeSantis should. He is good Presidential material. Perhaps a Trump DeSantis ticket.
I hope DeSantis will run but for his sake, not sure he should.
I totally agree with that. Gov DeSantis looks out for the people just as President Trump did.
Just remember Satan is alive and well on planet earth, but in the end God will beat him!
Governor DeSantis please talk with Governor Little here in Idaho, he’s been great so far during this COVID, but I believe this is a horrible overreach by our tyrannical government.
My daughter is still in California and not likely to move.
Right now I am in Mexico and shudder at what Joe Biden is attempting to implement.
I already took the vaccine , but i still think : people do have choice , this is AMERICA , the place for freedom
Love our great Gov. DeSantis for protect our right in Florida
Keep going strong
What about those who have had COVID, must they take these shots? There is no approved vaccine. Approved for “emergency use” does not mean everyone considers it an emergency. We know our health history, vulnerabilities, and should be responsible for doing what is best for us, not leaving it up to a government led by a senile leader.
Good for you, Governor DeSantis. I hope more Governors follow your lead….especially Governor Ducey in AZ!! The Federal Government is overreaching their authority. No business or school or college should be allowed to require proof of this vaccine nor should this vaccine be required. Freedom of choice.
You are so right, there is no proof the vaccine is effective at all, there is no science to prove it is. The vaccine passport is just another way for the corrupt democratic governments to try to control the American people.
THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS 16 YEAR PLAN AND THE ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE BILL OF THE SHALL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED, WE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES, AFTER ALL HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FOR FREEDOM TO GIVE US THESE RIGHTS.
Let me. Understand, I will need a ID to go buy food, but not to Vote
I do whole heart with all of you.
Bravo Governor De Santis! More governors should follow your lead! Obiden thinks everyone is going to cowtow to his stupid orders. It is good to see a governor who cares about his people and stands up to tyranny! Governor Ducey of Arizona, please do this as well!
DeSantis for President 2024!
Where are the rest of the states on this? Time to wake up and take control away from DC and the left.
The lock downs, the mask mandates, the vaccine passport, trying to control the American people with their agendas MUST END NOW. If the corrupt democratic government and governors won’t end it now, we as FREE AMERICANS MUST END IT OURSELVES. If you don’t want to ware a mask don’t, if you want to ware a mask by all means ware one. It is far past time allowing the government to control the free people of America, take a stand and let it be known enough is enough.
THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS 16 YEAR PLAN AND THE ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE BILL OF THE SHALL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED, WE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES, AFTER ALL HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FOR FREEDOM TO GIVE US THESE RIGHTS.
The government works for the American people ( the American people don’t work for the government) if not why do they deserve such large paychecks? NO VACCINE PASSPORTS OPEN ALL BUSINESS, LETS ALL GET BACK TO WORK LETS ALL START TO ENJOY OUR LIVES ONCE AGAIN, REMEMBER WE ARE A FREE SOCIETY STOP THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT NOW OR IT WILL SOON BE TO LATE.
Might as well throw HIPPA nonsense out the window. Mark of the beast trial run or very well could be it. Prophecy unveiling right before our eyes. It says many will be duped along with persecution of Christians. Sounds like democrat agenda to a tee.
When, finally, in America the time will come when such incompetent dumb-headed politicians as phantom Joe, always laughing for no reason Kamala, rubber Schumer, or monster – Pelosi will disappear, and in their place will come intelligent, business-like energetic young politicians such as the Florida Gov. DeSantis! And America will immediately begin to rise from the ashes!
Leave our freedoms along you jerks. You think that you know what is best for us when you lie about everything. No one trust you democrats. No one. Stay the heck out of our lives.
The same people who want no IDs to vote with now want to impose govt IDs on people’s travel movements and are moving to replace our paper money with e-dollars so that govt can track what we spend our money on, and can then restrict what they will let us spend our money on. You can’t get a job without proper govt ID, and you can’t enter many govt bldgs without a govt approved ID. The Land of the Free is no more.
If you are an illegal alien, catch and release, now they can track you, too, If you get a job, spend money, need health care, even buy groceries, go to the bank, the govt can and does track you. The US govt and the Chinese govt are already tracking our every move. They are now just making their work more efficient thru new techs like 5G and blockchain. This is not a brave new world…
Hope to get a common sense governor in my state also next time.
What a brilliant man!
We have no choice but get these left wing radicals out of office once for all. They are destroying the country.
More liberal,socialist,marxist”TREAD ON ME”bull exhaust.You slime slugs stay out of my life.
Even at GUN POINT I will not get the vaccine! I am a citizen, not a subject.