A Florida psychotherapist, Dr. Joseph Sansone, has filed an unusual lawsuit seeking to prohibit the distribution of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the state, arguing they qualify as “biological and technological weapons of mass destruction.” His pro se case, first filed in December 2024 in Leon County, names Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Attorney General in their official capacities. Sansone argues that mRNA vaccines fall under Florida’s weapons-of-mass-destruction statute, which includes devices or agents involving biological materials capable of causing harm. He contends the vaccines meet that definition because they use engineered genetic material and, in his view, pose significant health risks. Sansone, in an email to TrialSite News, also asserts a personal injury claim, arguing that “shedding” from vaccinated individuals—an unsupported concept in mainstream science—caused his congestive heart failure and triple-bypass surgery in 2023. Although experts emphasize that mRNA vaccines do not shed and cannot transfer between people the way live-virus vaccines can, Sansone argues the injections violate his constitutional right to life under Florida law and endanger others who decline vaccination.