Many religious figures decided to rely on “faith” to protect them from COVID. Two such people I knew are now dead.

God helps those who help themselves. Get vaxxed or die of COVID.

Looking forward to taking your jobs…

With regard to abortion/COVID. I actually have quite a different and unpopular personal opinion that includes capital punishment. I say, “kill ‘em all” alternatively “save ‘em all”. It is hypocritical to legislate that it is acceptable to put someone to death while simultaneously advocating pro-life. Isn’t a life, a life? And isn’t all life a gift from God? I think that’s what’s missing from the argument.

I have told my children in the medical profession that I have seen people die who should have survived and people who survived, but should have died. Only God gives and takes life. If someone dies of COVID, perhaps it was their time to go. You can blame it on COVID if it makes you feel better, but if it wasn’t COVID and it was their time to go, a common bug bite would have been the mechanism. It comes down to do you put your faith in God or in man (science). BTW, my child who is an atheist, got the vaccine while my child who believes in God has not.

I don’t know about the respiratory thing. Isn’t tuberculosis a respiratory disease? Is Leon County testing for that bacteria? Cruise ships do, maybe Leon County should expand their scope (LOL). In the early days of HIV/AIDS we were unsure how it was transmitted, but we waited on, get this, THE SCIENCE! We spent years not know whether a mosquito bite would transfer the illness.

Vince Long waded into this issue waist deep, when the tide goes out, we’re going to see whether he’s got his shorts on or if he’s swimming naked. But either way, he’s put Tallahassee’s image and the citizen’s money on the line. Wouldn’t that money have been better spent on a bike trail rather than grandstanding? So who does Vince Long work for? Himself or the citizens?

“As a society, if we are mandating vaccines to protect lives, shouldn’t we also protect that life which has done no harm?”

I guess I’m not sure what you are looking for from employers here? Mandate you can’t get an abortion during the job? Abortion has been settled Constitutional law since before I was born. I am not particularly a fan of it, but I will note with small amusement that you make as if abortion were illegal then suddenly then you’d be OK with doing what you could to protect the immunocompromised or health care workers. I’m all for reducing abortions; if wearing a mask helped reduce them somehow, that’s an inconvenience I’d be willing to suffer through.

” I’m certainly not getting the vaccine under any circumstance, not to fly and not to buy.”

Well, that’s going to be your choice. It’s a dumb one that puts people that aren’t you at risk, but it is your choice.

“A different class of citizenry is being created, those with and those without the vaccine. ”

LOL, suddenly a conservative is worried about classes of citizens!!!! Someone tell their donors. Anyways, anyone *without* a vaccine can get one for free. People are *choosing* to put themselves in an unvaccinated state.

“If I don’t have to disclose my AIDS status, I shouldn’t be forced to disclose my COVID status. Aren’t they both viruses?”

Earth to Triggered. AIDS is not spread via air. And yes, if it was a respiratory disease, you’d have to prove you didn’t have it before going on a cruise.

Fortunately, I am self-employed, thus not subjected to employment mandates. I’m certainly not getting the vaccine under any circumstance, not to fly and not to buy. Sounds too much like Orwell to me.

A different class of citizenry is being created, those with and those without the vaccine. A class of citizen that is being discriminated against based on medical status. If I don’t have to disclose my AIDS status, I shouldn’t be forced to disclose my COVID status. Aren’t they both viruses? What about representation? Will I be required to get the vaccine to address the government, whether in the course of business or in meetings? In addition, the vaccine will not be FDA approved until January 2022. Vince Long could have waited on “the science,” but chose otherwise.

There are workers unions and medical associations opposing vaccine mandates as a condition of employment. But, a fool rushes in. Perhaps, a more measured approach was warranted. Let other communities with deeper pockets pay the legal costs. I believe that Vince Long will have mud on his face before this is all over. But unfortunately, his foolishness affects the image and the tax receipts of this community. I’m in agreement with others, he should be fired.

“My Body; My Choice”… remember that?… it not just for killing innocent babies anymore.

You continue to have a choice to get a vaccine or not. What you do *not* get is to make that choice *and* have it not affect how others interact with you, including whether or not they want to employ you. This isn’t difficult. Want to stay unvaccinated? Go ahead. Just don’t expect employers or businesses or anyone else has to serve you, employee you, or accept your business because you are so special in how you have exercised your freedom.

Want to start a business where you won’t hire anyone who supports abortion rights? Go ahead! No one is stopping you.