DeSantis Calls Back Florida Legislature Over Vaccine Mandates

Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, speaks during a news conference at a Regeneron monoclonal antibody clinic in Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Florida’s State Board of Education said it would force defiant school districts to comply with Governor DeSantis’s executive order forbidding them from mandating students wear masks as a way to slow a surge in Covid-19 cases. , Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg News

Oct 21, 2021

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(Bloomberg) -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he is calling back the Republican-dominated state legislature to take action against employer Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

Speaking Thursday in Clearwater, Florida, DeSantis said he wanted to block employers from firing workers over vaccination status. 

“That’s something that cannot wait until the regular legislative session next year,” DeSantis said. “It needs to happen soon. And so we will be calling the legislature back for a special session. We want to make sure that individuals in Florida have their livelihoods and their jobs protected.”

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