ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton explains how vaccines work.Despite widespread support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations from the nation's top health officials, Florida will become the first state in the country to advise against vaccinating healthy children for COVID-19, the state's Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, announced on Monday.
"Already the rates were low. So, 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 infinite potential of benefit," Ladapo said Monday. Following the announcement, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that Florida's decision was “absolutely not” a good policy.
Many health experts across the country have also vehemently pushed back on claims that vaccines may not be necessary for children, urging the importance of vaccines for all eligible children to protect against severe illness. DeSantis also questioned whether children should be getting the shots, touting the state's recent efforts to ban vaccine mandates in schools."We have this issue in terms of COVID-19 vaccinations with respect to children. And in Florida, we prohibited mandating COVID vaccines for children, so they can go to school and it's a parent's decision," DeSantis said.
Florida is a hobbling joke.
Republicans are spreading Covid virus and now we have omicron 2 virus spreading
Political medical advise…evil Republicans.
Wow!! Healthy!! children!! Really!!! OMG!!! They think our that stupid.
I thought they only opposed mandates, ‘cause, you know, they love their freedumb. But why “advise against”?
Ron DeSantis endangers American physical, medical, emotional, and mental health. Florida: save yourself and vote him out.
Florida is a failed state. It fails its residents continually. Florida deserves better but they’re going to have to wake up first and kick DeathSantis to the curb.
De Santiz is an idiot🥴
What the fuck kind of back water is this place where their politicans stop shoet of shooting their own constituants but continue to say durong massive waves of covid dont worry do nothing dobt wear masks yell at kids who do and dont get vaccinted so you are more likly to die.
I need to speak elonmusk or someone about getting me off this rock. Ppl are tripping!
Well good knowing that Florida keeps on making stupid decisions
Sometimes you just have to quit working for assholes.
CDC is a joke. Fla has it right
Wow bet a lot of people wish they voted for the other guys for governor lol.
He is pro-virus which means pro-illness, pro-suffering, pro-financial challenges, and pro-death. Gosh, sounds like Putin. Advising against masks for protecting from a respiratory disease and against the vaccine which can keep people from getting really sick? Self-aggrandizing
Democrats in Florida almost won the Governorship the last time. Time to end the irresponsible actions of the Republican regime down there. Rally and vote them out. Too many sat home after Obama and Desantis is what the GOP gave you.
Now if your kid gets sick and dies from any disease that could have been prevented by vaccines you can only sue yourself. States are trying to make many vaccines optional because of covid vax my body my choice rhetoric. America the dumb teenage know it all child of Europe.
What else is new………what else is news……….
After the Pfizer documents that were just released saying it gave kids almost no immunity why would you want to risk the side effects possible in a healthy child ? Makes sense
Thin out the crowds
RonDeSantisFL GAY GAY GAY
Pray for Florida.
“Recommendation”
DeSantis is not a doctor
Idiots.
Kids should wait for the vaccine.
FFS, Florida...quit being so goddamned FLORIDA.
Vaccine is safe, take it.
Give Florida to Cuba.
NICE!
Desantis is directly responsible for disinformation that has had people killed by covid 🙏 i pray he is removed. He is evil
S.O.B
F the CDC.
He’s trying to be like trump holding everyone in his cabinet hostage to political theatre. I don’t think we want someone in change who bullies and fires every one who disagrees with him. In the end they are only surrounded by idiots 😂
Ok, Thousands of Medical Professional against one corrupt dude. That’s an easy choice.
Canceling the vaccine much ?
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