The Palm Beach Post on the Florida governor’s banning of COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’:
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is taking a bold step toward protecting personal freedom in barring any businesses in Florida from requiring so-called “vaccination passports”. As his argument goes, we don’t want another division in this country, this time between a vaccinated class that gets to go to theme parks - and an unvaccinated class that can’t.
The governor’s argument makes no sense. The issue before us is one of public health. And there is no question that vaccinations are the most effective weapon against COVID-19 yet devised. DeSantis, himself, has been vaccinated - although in private, unlike most of the nation’s governors, who know that modern medicine is nothing to be ashamed of.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.8.21
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Multiple sources close to @HalseyBeshears, fmr Sec y of @FloridaDBPR under @GovRonDeSantis , tell @Fla Pol that he is third Florida Republican embroiled in the @MattGaetz & Joel Greenberg scandal.
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As the vaccine rollout continues and state case numbers hover near pandemic-era lows, businesses are reporting improved confidence theyâll be able to keep their doors open.
Nearly seven in 10 Florida small businesses now believe theyâll be able to stay open for at least the next six months, according to Facebookâs latest â
Law enforcement authorities said the man fatally shot during a confrontation with Palm Bay police officers Sunday is a suspect in the death of his mother in Martin County hours earlier.
Martin County sheriff s deputies checking on a woman at her son s home in Palm City Sunday found her fatally shot in the back of the head, according to reports and Martin County Sheriff William Snyder.
Snyder said Monday the apparent suspect in the murder, was the woman s son, Christopher Ruffin, 28, who was fatally shot during a standoff with Palm Bay police and Brevard County sheriff s deputies. We went, knocked on the door, Snyder said. There was no response and upon our deputy getting inside the house and checking we did find that she was deceased, and that she had died from an apparent gunshot wound.