Fri Jan 14, 2022 – 12:39 pm EST
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has no plans to act as “biomedical police” for President Joe Biden.
Press Secretary Christina Pushaw made the statement after the Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate on private businesses but upheld the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) jab requirement.
“The state of Florida is not going to serve as the Biden Administration’s biomedical police,” Pushaw said in a media statement shared with LifeSiteNews. “Firing unvaccinated healthcare workers, many of whom have infection-conferred immunity, is unethical and unscientific on its face.”
Gov. DeSantis has signed legislation in recent months that bars vaccine passports and virtually eliminates private jab mandates by requiring a number of exemptions employers must provide.
Pushaw pointed out that California, which has its own healthcare worker jab mandate, is experiencing a staff shortage.
The state is allowing COVID-positive staff to return before a negative test, despite barring individuals who do not want to get jabbed from working in healthcare settings.
“[H]ospitals in California and other states are now requiring vaccinated, COVID-infected healthcare workers to treat patients due to staffing
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