{"id":151327,"date":"2022-12-22T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T22:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=151327"},"modified":"2022-12-22T18:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T22:37:27","slug":"florida-supreme-court-approves-grand-jury-probe-of-hazardous-covid-19-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=151327","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Florida Supreme Court Approves Grand Jury Probe of Hazardous COVID-19 &#8216;Vaccines&#8217;<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Florida high court OKs grand jury probe<br \/>\nof COVID-19 vaccines<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_151328\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151328\" class=\"wp-image-151328 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1000.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1000.webp 1000w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1000-300x200.webp 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1000-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-151328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE &#8211; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. Gov. DeSantis said Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 that he plans to petition the state&#8217;s Supreme Court to convene a grand jury to investigate \u201cany and all wrongdoing\u201d with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo\/John Locher, File)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">TALLAHASSEE (AP) \u2014 The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines, the court announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">The\u00a0<a class=\"paragraph-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ron-desantis\">Republican governor,<\/a>\u00a0who is often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, earlier this month called for the investigation. He suggested it would be in part aimed to jog loose more information from pharmaceutical companies about the vaccines and potential side effects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Vaccine studies funded by pharmaceutical companies that developed COVID-19 vaccines have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, and government panels reviewed data on the safety and effectiveness of the shots before approving them for use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">DeSantis\u2019 request argues that pharmaceutical companies had a financial interest in creating a climate in which people believed that getting a coronavirus vaccine would ensure they couldn\u2019t spread the virus to others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Statewide grand juries, usually comprised of 18 people, can investigate criminal activity and issue indictments but also examine systemic problems in Florida and make recommendations. Recent panels have tackled\u00a0<a class=\"paragraph-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ron-desantis-politics-florida-immigration-united-states-government-e1efa8da5f882a556e6722cd6c3c9626\">immigration issues<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"paragraph-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shootings-education-florida-fort-lauderdale-ron-desantis-3c4fd5107053c260596d8e7d87d34b0d\">school safety.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">The grand jury will meet for one year.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ron-desantis-health-florida-covid-f90dbf672338461457f6c30633398e90\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ron-desantis-health-florida-covid-f90dbf672338461457f6c30633398e90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida high court OKs grand jury probe of COVID-19 vaccines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}