VoteTrump — 4 years ago(July 23, 2021 07:30 PM)

Roughly one in three Louisianans are fully vaccinated. This week, the state's health department reported the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since late February. Scott Roe is one of them.
"Here I am recovering, getting out of here finally tomorrow. Am I going to get a vaccine? No," Roe said. "Because there's too many issues with these vaccines."
This father, former baseball coach, small business owner and hunter caught COVID and then developed pneumonia.
"Before you got sick," Begnaud asked Roe, "if you would have had a chance to get the vaccine and prevent this, would you have taken the vaccine?"
"No," Roe said. "I would have gone through this, yes sir… Don't shove it down my throat. That's what local, state, federal administration is trying to do - shove it down your throat."
"What are they shoving," Begnaud asked, "the science?"
"No they're shoving the fact that that's their agenda," Roe said, "their agenda is to get you vaccinated."
"You know who Mr. Scalise is?" Begnaud asked Roe.
"I know who Steve Scalise is very well," Roe said.
Roe, who is a Republican, had not heard that Congressman Scalise had stepped into the forefront Tuesday as a vaccine proponent. Begnaud asked him to read the congressman's statement.
"He thinks it's safe and effective," Roe said.
"And what's your reaction?" Begnaud asked.
"Not proven," Roe said.
"But does his opinion change yours?" Begnaud asked.
"No, it does not," Roe said.