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Ron DeSantis: “We gave protection against [firing people from businesses…”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

And I also think back about how they wanted to coerce MRNA vaccine shots. Now, we stopped that in Florida. They wanted to fire firefighters, they wanted to fire people from businesses, and We gave protection against [firing people from businesses for not taking MRNA vaccine shots]. that because, honestly, you had some people that had already recovered from COVID with natural immunity, and then they're saying you got to do something that you didn't want to do. (06:01–06:04)

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Asserts that Florida provided protections against firing employees for not taking MRNA vaccine shots.

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