ORLANDO, FL – An Orland-based television station that was slated to host a political debate between Republican State House candidate Bonnie Jackson and incumbent Democratic State Rep. Anna Eskamani wound up getting the debate canceled after the television station refused to grant Jackson entry due to her not sharing her COVID jab status.

The issue at the center of this controversy is that the television station reportedly violated an executive order ushered in by Governor Ron DeSantis in April of 2021 that expressly prohibits compelled sharing of COVID shot status in order to gain entry to a business.

WESH-2 studios in Orlando was poised to hold the debate between the two candidates on September 9th, but the COVID jab debacle surfaced when Jackson and her entourage attempted to enter the studio but were stopped by a producer who asked if everyone had their COVID shots.

Jackson reportedly told the producer, “Yeah, I’m not answering that question,” which led to this producer allegedly responding with, “Unfortunately, we cannot have you in the building if you are not vaccinated,” citing some kind of “corporate policy” requiring everyone in the building have their COVID shots.

The Republican candidate informed the producer that their policy happens to run afoul “of an executive order,” but WESH-2 station employees apparently stood by their unsound policy and escorted Jackson off the premises.

Recounting the matter, Jackson stated, “I was escorted off the premises because I refused to divulge my vaccination status. They repeatedly asked me about my vaccination status. We declined to answer because it’s nobody’s business.”

According to Governor DeSantis’ Executive Order 21-81, which was signed on April 2nd of, 2021, Jackson is right on the money with her assertion that her jab status is not the business of the station – nor should the station have required proof of inoculation in order to gain entry.

Per the second section of Governor DeSantis’ executive order, it reads, “Businesses in Florida are prohibited from requiring patrons or customers to provide any documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or post-transmission recovery to gain access to, entry upon, or service from the business.”

While the executive order doesn’t infringe on any business conducting “COVID-19 screening protocols,” the executive order spells it out in black-and-white that requiring proof of having received the jab is off-limits, noting the executive order was crafted in the interest of protecting “patient privacy” and avoiding the creation of “two classes of citizens based on vaccination.”

Eskamani, Jackson’s opponent in the State House race, mocked the Republican candidate for standing up for her medical privacy backed by the standing executive order, claiming Jackson staged “a fit over their COVID-19 safety visitor policies.”

The notion that getting the COVID jab and boosters prevents someone from transmitting the virus has been debunked for some time, with members of the scientific community finding that the jabbed and non-jabbed still shed the same amount of the virus when infected with COVID.

This piece was written by Gregory Hoyt on September 10, 2022. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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