In regards to stupid Republican lawmakers

[Septua]

DeSantis has decided the covid vaccines did more harm than good and wants to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to Covid-19 vaccines.

The Republican governor, often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, did not say what wrongdoing the panel would investigate, but he suggested it would be in part aimed at jogging loose more information from pharmaceutical companies about the vaccines and potential side effects.

He said that over the course of the pandemic some people had lost faith in public health institutions, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The governor has frequently spoken out against CDC directives, including mask and vaccine mandates, and filed lawsuits to stop many from taking effect in Florida.

The main reason people "lost faith in public health institutions" was due to people like him and Trump telling people not to trust the health institutions.

The anti-vaxx mentality revealed a lot of stupidity.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/13/ron-desantis-grand-jury-investigation-covid-vaccines-florida

[Walleye]

1. I bet DeSantis has had all five shots

[usonian]

2. US COVID death toll would be 4X higher without vaccines, modeling study finds

https://democraticunderground.com/100217460327
Shots also cut millions of hospitalizations and $1.5 trillion in medical bills.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/us-covid-death-toll-would-be-4x-higher-without-vaccines-modeling-study-finds/

Without COVID-19 vaccines, the US would have seen four times more deaths from the pandemic virus—an additional 3 million lives lost—as well as nearly four times more hospitalizations, 1.5 times more infections, and an additional $1.5 trillion in medical bills since December of 2020.

Those are the top-line results from a new modeling study by the Commonwealth Fund, which simulated the unmitigated effects of COVID-19 in the US from December 2020 to November 2022.

In all, the modeling estimated that COVID-19 vaccination prevented 3.25 million deaths, with a 95-percent confidence interval of 3.1 million to 3.4 million. Averted hospitalizations were estimated at 18.6 million, with a confidence interval of 17.8 million to 19.35 million. For infections, the model estimated a dodge of 119.85 million, with a confidence interval of 112.7 million to 127.1 million.

"The unprecedented pace at which vaccines were developed and deployed has saved many lives and allowed for safer easing of COVID-19 restrictions and reopening of businesses, schools, and other activities," the study authors concluded. "Moving forward, accelerating uptake of the new booster will be fundamental to averting future hospitalizations and deaths."

Study here: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/two-years-covid-vaccines-prevented-millions-deaths-hospitalizations

IMO: Vax deniers cost lives, money and misery.

[CentralMass]

3. Legal action against DeSantis should be pursued.