Ron DeSantis: Vaccine mandates are 'not about science'

Biden’s vaccine mandate edict is illegal, but it’s also unscientific because it doesn’t recognize natural immunity conferred by a prior infection. https://t.co/6HkmLWKFvo

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 13, 2021

Fox News reports, "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday slammed President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates as "not following science" on the natural immunity people acquire from already being infected.

'These mandates, this is not about science,' the Republican governor said during a press conference in Alachua County. 'Because if it was about science, you would recognize the infection conferred immunity.'

'Every single credible study always shows that it [natural immunity] provides good protection,' he continued. 'So I don't support mandates at all, but if you're doing mandate based off this, if you were really following science, you would acknowledge this natural immunity. And instead they ignore it. … It's really about using government power, control to mandate, much more than it is about the underlying medical issues that are involved."