Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday said the establishment media presents coronavirus coverage in a way to “create angst in the population” and said there is no reason to shut down society, as many testing positive for the virus have little-to-no symptoms.
“They try to present in a way that is most likely to create angst in the population. There’s just no doubt about it,” DeSantis said of the corporate media’s coverage during a press conference in Cape Coral.
“For example, you have this situation, you saw it in Great Britain, you saw it in Israel … you see these cases going up. Same with the Sun Belt. Florida, Texas, all these other states, you’re seeing that,” he said, explaining that the media is not putting the situation in its proper context.
While he said the vaccines likely offer “pretty good protection against serious illness,” people are still testing positive for the virus after getting vaccinated. However, the cases appear to be extremely mild.
According to the CDC, there have been “5,914 patients with COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection who were hospitalized or died” out of 161 million-plus vaccinated.
