Taking a fierce step forward, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced Monday that the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children.
“The Florida Department of Health is going to be the first state to officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children,” Ladapo said at the end of a roundtable discussion organized by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that featured a group of doctors who criticized coronavirus lockdowns and mandate policies.
Source: NBC News (Paul Hennessy / Sipa USA via AP file)
“We’re kind of scraping at the bottom of the barrel, particularly with healthy kids, in terms of actually being able to quantify with any accuracy and any confidence the even potential of benefit,” Ladapo added.
Reacting to Ladapo’s announcement, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, “It’s deeply disturbing that there are politicians peddling conspiracy theories out there and casting doubt on vaccinations when is our best tool against the virus and the best tool to prevent even teenagers from being hospitalized.”
As it stands, the CDC has strongly recommended that parents have children over the age of 5 inoculated, despite a sharp decline in infections and hospitalizations nationwide since a winter peak in January and evidence that it has been less effective against the Omicron variant.
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