{"id":1976229,"date":"2023-07-18T13:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-vows-to-welcome-back-servicemembers-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine-with-back-pay\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:25:11","slug":"desantis-vows-to-welcome-back-servicemembers-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine-with-back-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-vows-to-welcome-back-servicemembers-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine-with-back-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis promises to reinstate unvaccinated servicemembers with back pay."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-vows-to-welcome-back-servicemembers-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine-with-back-pay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976229&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. \u200bRon \u2064DeSantis \u200cVows \u2064to \u200dWelcome Back Servicemembers \u2062Kicked \u200bOut of Military for\u200d Vaccine Refusal<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200d a passionate \u2063video \u200dposted on Twitter, \u200bGov. \u200bRon\u200b DeSantis \u200b(R-FL) made\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-can-fix-washington-now-because-he-got-a-phd-in-learning-about-the-people\/\" title=\"Trump claims he can fix Washington now as he has gained a PhD in understanding the people.\">bold \u200cpromise<\/a> \u200cto \u2063servicemembers\u200d who \u200bwere\u2064 discharged\u2063 from \u2064the \u200dmilitary under President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200bCOVID-19\u2063 vaccine \u2063mandate. \u200bIf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">elected president<\/a>, DeSantis pledged to welcome them\u200c back\u200b with \u200bopen\u2064 arms.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re \u200bgoing\u200b to\u2064 recognize that \u2064this \u2062military has\u2064 made \u2064mistakes \u200bin\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farmers-insurance-cuts-policies-in-turbulent-florida-insurance-market\/\" title=\"Farmers Insurance reduces policies amidst Florida's volatile insurance market.\">recent\u200c years<\/a>,&#8221; \u200cDeSantis declared.\u200c &#8220;One of the \u2063biggest mistakes \u200cthey\u200c made was \u200cdriving\u2062 out\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-vows-to-welcome-back-servicemembers-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine-with-back-pay\/\" title=\"DeSantis promises to reinstate unvaccinated servicemembers with back pay.\">perfectly \u2063capable servicemembers \u2063due<\/a> to\u200d the\u200b COVID-19\u2063 vax mandate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Mistake Based on Flawed Science<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis \u200dfirmly\u2063 believes \u200cthat the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawmaker-moves-to-rename-highway-after-president-donald-j-trump\/\" title=\"Florida Lawmaker Moves to Rename Highway After President Donald J. Trump\">vaccine mandate<\/a> was \u2062a\u200d grave error that lacked\u2063 scientific evidence to support\u200b its implementation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2064 \u200c<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That mandate\u2063 was\u2064 a mistake&#8221;\u200b and \u200b&#8221;was\u200b not based\u200c on \u200dscientific \u2062data,&#8221; according to \u200cDeSantis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The governor\u2063 emphasized \u2063that\u200c many \u2064military personnel\u2063 who \u2063refused the\u200b vaccine were\u2063 already \u2062at\u2064 minimal \u2063risk\u2063 of \u200ccontracting \u200bCOVID-19\u200c due to\u2064 their adherence\u200c to\u2064 safety protocols and previous infection.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200b  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Military\u200d personnel who meet \u2064standards\u2063 were, probably,\u200d at close\u2064 to zero risk\u2064 of \u200dsignificant COVID \u200cto begin\u200b with,&#8221;\u2063 he\u2063 explained.\u2062 &#8220;Many\u200b of them had already\u200d had\u2064 COVID and had \u200dnatural immunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis also\u200d questioned\u2063 the effectiveness of\u2063 the mRNA vaccine,\u2063 stating\u200c that \u200dit\u200c did not \u2063prevent infection \u200cor transmission.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2064  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So you \u2063have \u2063individuals\u2063 that\u2062 had already had \u2064it,&#8221;\u2063 DeSantis \u2062continued. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t\u200b want to\u200b take the\u2064 shot,\u2062 and \u2063then, they&#8217;re being \u200bforced\u200b to\u200d take something that\u200b they\u200c don&#8217;t \u200bwant to take \u200dor\u2063 perhaps, potentially, \u2062lose\u200c their career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A\u2062 Decision Driven\u2064 by Hysteria<\/h3>\n<p>According\u200d to\u2062 the Iraq\u200b War veteran, \u2064the vaccine mandate was an example\u200b of civilians\u2064 and \u2063political \u2062figures succumbing to societal\u200d hysteria at \u200cthe \u2062time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200d  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It &#8216;was \u2062an\u200b example \u2063of \u2063civilians\u2064 and political\u2062 people\u200d bowing to\u200b the hysteria\u2063 in\u2063 society\u2063 at the time&#8217; \u200band &#8216;trying to\u2062 jam that \u200bdown\u200d the throats\u2062 of \u2062our \u200cmilitary\u200b servicemembers,'&#8221; DeSantis passionately\u2063 expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis concluded\u2064 his\u200c video by assuring\u2062 servicemembers\u2064 who\u2064 were \u200dseparated \u2064from\u200b the military \u2064that their \u200djobs\u2064 would\u200b be \u2064reinstated, \u2062along with\u2062 back\u200c pay.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are going\u200c to\u200b acknowledge \u200cthat the \u200bmilitary \u200cmade a\u2062 mistake,&#8221; \u200dDeSantis affirmed. &#8220;We \u2062are going\u200b to offer \u200cservicemembers \u2062who were separated \u2062their \u200djobs\u200c back, including\u2064 with back pay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To \u200cread \u2062more\u2063 about \u200dthis\u200c story,\u2063 <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) promised to reinstate all servicemembers expelled by President Biden for vaccine refusal if he becomes president. 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