{"id":32571,"date":"2021-04-02T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=32571"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:59:38","slug":"when-you-dont-understand-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/04\/02\/when-you-dont-understand-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Don’t Understand The Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is trying to get out ahead of the issue, I suppose, of Covid-19 passports<\/strong>. He’s issued an Executive Order<\/a>:<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports reduce individual freedom and will harm patient privacy; and<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Uh, no it doesn’t reduce freedom. It makes that freedom rather more safe than otherwise. Ooops, sorry about the interruption.<\/p>\n

WHEREAS, requiring so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports for taking part in everyday life … would create two classes of citizens based on vaccination; …<\/p>\n

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida etc etc<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is, I’m tired of typing, so I’ll summarize it as forbidding any Florida government entity to issue vaccine passports or share a COVID-19 vaccination record, and any Florida business to require such a passport for doing business<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So, in part, your health privacy, if you live in Florida, on this one single matter, is far more important than the requirements of public health – that is, you may spread your possibly fatal, and highly contagious germs, far and wide, all with the approval of Governor DeSantis.<\/p>\n

Now, suppose a variant appears in Florida that retains or even increases the R number – that is, the likelihood of being infected – and makes the death rate far worse<\/em>. Say, MERS<\/strong><\/a> worse, like, 30%, rather than the 1% we see now. That’s the risk that comes with every single infection.<\/p>\n

This executive order cripples any efforts to stop that from happening.<\/p>\n

This order appeals to those who nurse resentments against being told what to do in matters in which they have no expertise, and, while it may be a way to gather up votes in the 2022 Florida Governor’s race – or the 2024 Presidential race – it takes unacceptable chances with the public health and<\/em> national security.<\/p>\n

And gives me another reason not to visit Florida, nor take Governor DeSantis seriously. As if I needed more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is trying to get out ahead of the issue, I suppose, of Covid-19 passports. He’s issued an Executive Order: WHEREAS, so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports reduce individual freedom and will harm patient privacy; and Uh, no it doesn’t reduce freedom. It makes that freedom rather more safe \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32572,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32571\/revisions\/32572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}