Florida to recommend that healthy kids not get COVID-19 vaccine, surgeon general says – By Zac Anderson (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) / March 7, 2022
Defying guidance from the nation’s top infectious disease and pediatric health experts, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced Monday that the state will become the first in the nation to recommend that healthy kids not get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Ladapo made the announcement at the end of a roundtable discussion in West Palm Beach that Gov. Ron DeSantis convened to discuss “failures” in the response to COVID-19.
Florida “is going to be the first state to officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children,” Ladapo said.
The announcement came after multiple health experts picked by DeSantis to participate in the roundtable downplayed the importance of the vaccine for children, with some saying the benefits of vaccination do not outweigh the risks.
