Comments on: UPDATE: Pensacola State College Reverses Course On Excused COVID-19 Absences For Unvaccinated, Rescinds Mask Mandate

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:34:24 +0000

We’ve been here before. Cases are higher than ever. Tourists have flocked to our state. Public schools are scheduled to open in just over a week. People are trusting a man with no medical or scientific expertise, and no kids in school, for medical advice. Covid doesn’t care what we think. It’s only job is to spread. Until we are COLLECTIVELY serious about stopping it, we are ALLOWING this cycle to repeat.

By: T

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:26:18 +0000

@ Warren
Is it even required to have a general influenza shot for admittance into a public school? My kids and I haven’t had a flu shot in years and haven’t gotten the flu.

If you want the jab, get the jab. If you dont want the jab, dont get the jab. It is that simple. If you want all the boosters for this same jab, I say free will. Go for it. When it comes time for the 4th, 5th and 6th jab, you should surely be free of getting Covid-19 through Covid-30.

By: T

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:06:14 +0000

My daughter read the original letter to me and I kept interrupting her with “They can’t do that, and they can’t do that, and they can’t do that…” She said “Mom, let me finish please,” lol. The next day, she read the revised email. Yes. I laughed and said, someone else said, “Yep, they can’t do that.” I told her to take online classes from home.

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 22:54:19 +0000

It’s pretty sad when those in charge discriminate on allowing work from home based upon a person’s vaccination status rather than based upon symptoms an or ability to work.

We put too much authority into the hands of tin gods

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 14:52:08 +0000

@Donna

Masks reduce your ability to transmit the respiratory droplets that cause COVID-19. Wearing a mask does offer some limited protection from contracting COVID-19 from someone else, but it is primarily to prevent someone else from getting infected by you.

The vaccine is effective and reduces both your symptoms and transmission rate, but it’s not a silver bullet, and is only effective if people take it. As of right now, less than 40% of Escambia County has elected to take the vaccine.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:18:42 +0000

Why are we auguring about if someone else wears a mask or gets vaccinated if mask and vaccines work ????
We’ve become a society that no longer makes a person responsible for their own action
we’ve become a society that wants someone else to fix our problems
We’ve become a society that blames someone else for our on actions

Self respect ::can only come when you become responsible for your own actions
What does “in the land of free” really mean???

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:33:28 +0000

Well lawsuits will come as class action against colleges and universities, and the state of Florida. You’ve got a state that is currently the nations epicenter for the virus that has killed over 600,000 people in the US alone and you have state government agencies and public organizations referencing guidelines of the CDC on their websites. Only problem is they are not following those guidelines and recommendations. Heck the Governor has continuously mocked the CDC as well as the nations foremost epidemiologist. So the class actions will come and your tax dollars will be wasted needlessly cause while the Governor has no problem clearly stating his position the schools and other public education institutions choose to deceive the public as if they are complying with CDC recommendations. The ONLY way you comply is with mask mandates for indoor spaces. So frankly I hope the lawsuits come in droves. It’s just terrible to live in a state where the political ambitions of one man override the safety and health of the public, and its double harm when public organizations outright post deceiving information on their websites and via other public communications simply because they are between a sociopathic Governor and doing what they know is not only right, but consistent with science.

And as far as getting the vaccine. Those opposed should then stay out of public places period. You have the right not to get it. You don’t have the right to put others safety at risk, as children who can’t yet get the vaccine, the immune compromised, etc. Ironic isn’t it that you are required to have chicken pox vaccine to go to college in Florida but you aren’t required to have vaccine for a virus that has killed more people in the US than all the major wars, beginning with WW1, combined?!

Nature now weeding out the weak minded. No doubt about it. You anti-vaccine crowd just go ahead. Nature and truth will rule supreme as always and you will be a victim of your own ignorance. Just too bad you are so selfishly putting others at risk. In that regard you may be a murderer, but hey that’s your right too I suppose in your own challenged mind.

By: SW

SW — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:13:36 +0000

Must’ve got a phone call from Tallahassee.

By: JR

JR — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 05:11:44 +0000

@pencil One of the most ignorant comments. Obviously, you too lack education, primarily that of individual rights based on the US and FL Constitutions.

By: pencil

pencil — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:36:31 +0000

After reading these comments, there has to be a strong connection between the unvaccinated and a lack of basic education. Bad comparisons, faulty logic, circular arguments and absolutely no critical thinking.

@ Over it already . . . . a very good explanation of what’s going on. I imagine they’ll run you out of town before long for making sense.