This is what everyone points to about DeSantis, he can posture and say and do whatever he wants but until he addresses this, everything else he says about government overreach and forced vaccinations is BS. He has been asked about this before. I posted this in a reply to another comment but here it is for better visibility:
4. Ordering an individual to be examined, tested,
1098 vaccinated, treated, isolated, or quarantined for communicable
1099 diseases that have significant morbidity or mortality and
1100 present a severe danger to public health. Individuals who are
1101 unable or unwilling to be examined, tested, vaccinated, or
1102 treated for reasons of health, religion, or conscience may be
1103 subjected to isolation or quarantine.
1104 a. Examination, testing, vaccination, or treatment may be
1105 performed by any qualified person authorized by the State Health
1106 Officer.
1107 b. **If the individual poses a danger to the public health,
1108 the State Health Officer may subject the individual to isolation
1109 or quarantine. If there is no practical method to isolate or
1110 quarantine the individual, the State Health Officer may use any
1111 means necessary to vaccinate or treat the individual. **
1112 c. Any order of the State Health Officer given to
1113 effectuate this paragraph is shall be immediately enforceable by
1114 a law enforcement officer under s. 381.0012.
This is what everyone points to about DeSantis, he can posture and say and do whatever he wants but until he addresses this, everything else he says about government overreach and forced vaccinations is BS. He has been asked about this before. I posted this in a reply to another comment but here it is for better visibility:
SB 2006
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/er/HTML
4. Ordering an individual to be examined, tested, 1098 vaccinated, treated, isolated, or quarantined for communicable 1099 diseases that have significant morbidity or mortality and 1100 present a severe danger to public health. Individuals who are 1101 unable or unwilling to be examined, tested, vaccinated, or 1102 treated for reasons of health, religion, or conscience may be 1103 subjected to isolation or quarantine. 1104 a. Examination, testing, vaccination, or treatment may be 1105 performed by any qualified person authorized by the State Health 1106 Officer. 1107 b. **If the individual poses a danger to the public health, 1108 the State Health Officer may subject the individual to isolation 1109 or quarantine. If there is no practical method to isolate or 1110 quarantine the individual, the State Health Officer may use any 1111 means necessary to vaccinate or treat the individual. ** 1112 c. Any order of the State Health Officer given to 1113 effectuate this paragraph is shall be immediately enforceable by 1114 a law enforcement officer under s. 381.0012.