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DeSantis administration advises against Covid shots for Florida residents under 65
NBC News ^ | September 13, 2023 | Aria Bendix and Matt Dixon

Posted on 09/13/2023 5:09:32 PM PDT by Reno89519

In a deviation from federal recommendations, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is advising residents under the age of 65 not to get the new Covid boosters from Pfizer and Moderna.

"What I have directed our department to do is to provide guidance that really recommends and advises against the use of these mRNA Covid-19 vaccines for anyone under 65," Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said at an online panel hosted by DeSantis on Wednesday.

The statement ignores the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations: The agency said on Tuesday that everyone ages 6 months and up who has not gotten a Covid shot within the last two months should get a new booster, which targets a subvariant of omicron called XBB.1.5.

"Vaccination remains the best protection against Covid-19-related hospitalization and death. Vaccination also reduces your chance of suffering the effects of long Covid," the CDC said in a statement on Tuesday.

But Ladapo questioned the CDC’s rationale.

"With virtually every walking human being having some degree of immunity and the questions we have about safety and about effectiveness — especially about safety — my judgment is that it’s not a good decision for young people and for people who are not at high risk at this point in the pandemic," Ladapo said.

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The Florida Department of Health, however, wrote in a release that "the most recent booster approval was granted in the absence of any meaningful booster-specific clinical trial data performed in humans."

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The United Kingdom has opted for a different vaccination strategy than the U.S.: It is offering boosters this fall only to certain groups, including people ages 65 years and up, residents in elderly care homes, and younger people with an elevated risk of severe disease.

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(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: covidshots; desantis
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To: dragnet2
Disregard those who blame an entire generation for anything. They’re lunatics.

Generational stereotyping is evidence of a catastrophic inability to think. People who do it aren't just insane, they're stupid. I see a lot of that insane stupidity on this forum.

21 posted on 09/13/2023 6:21:10 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: napscoordinator

Joe Biden was born in 1942, he is pre boomer, so dont blame me.


22 posted on 09/13/2023 6:24:09 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: armourenthusiast

He’s a boomer anyway.


23 posted on 09/13/2023 6:25:53 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator
Every president from Clinton today has been a boomer and you seem cool with it. Like they are doing a fine job.

ROFL! I didn’t say anything of the kind. 😂😂

You’re nuts. I’d say all millennials are nuts if I were anything like you, but fortunately, I’m not. I know some really good ones.

And then there are the ones like you. Thank you for the hearty laugh.

24 posted on 09/13/2023 6:33:41 PM PDT by Allegra (Free Kiryandil! Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: napscoordinator
He’s a boomer anyway.

No he’s not. You just hate all older people.

Go polish your participation trophies or you might get a time-out.

And get that Tide Pod out of your mouth. Those are for doing laundry, not for snack time.

25 posted on 09/13/2023 6:36:51 PM PDT by Allegra (Free Kiryandil! Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Allegra

I shouldn’t have added your name just because you replied to the other person. Sorry.


26 posted on 09/13/2023 6:44:06 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger
My own generation pales in comparison to my late father’s. He was hit by a shell fragment in the head while fighting in WWII in the Philippines. Had a plate in his head after that but never quit working.

There’s a reason they’re called the Greatest Generation. We will always be grateful to people like your dad and all of those who participated. ♥️

27 posted on 09/13/2023 6:44:21 PM PDT by Allegra (Free Kiryandil! Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: frank ballenger
I shouldn’t have added your name just because you replied to the other person. Sorry.

No apology necessary.

That poster continues to beclown himself with additional stupid comments. 🤡 LOL

28 posted on 09/13/2023 6:46:48 PM PDT by Allegra (Free Kiryandil! Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Reno89519

With 300 Trillion in underfunded liabilities, we either cut all government spending, or we must reduce the number of 65+ year olds.


29 posted on 09/13/2023 6:47:17 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Reno89519

So, he’s going to take his own advice this time?


30 posted on 09/13/2023 7:39:00 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Reno89519

*Again, presidential.*

Oh, please. Name one Republican state encouraging vaccines -— I’ll wait.

There is nothing special about little Ronny and judging by his poll numbers, voters understand this the more they see and hear him.

InteractivePolls
@IAPolls2022

February:
• Trump — 42% (+6)
• DeSantis — 36%

July:
• Trump — 54% (+29)
• DeSantis — 25%

August:
• Trump — 57% (+39)
• DeSantis — 18%

SEPTEMBER:
• Trump — 62% (+50)
• DeSantis — 12%

4:29 PM · Sep 13, 2023

https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1702056846717047136


31 posted on 09/13/2023 7:40:17 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: napscoordinator

“””Every president from Clinton today has been a boomer “””

Biden isn’t a boomer.


32 posted on 09/13/2023 8:02:19 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Allegra

No wonder we’re failing with your nonsense response.


33 posted on 09/13/2023 8:30:00 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

Speak for yourself, Skip.

*You’re* failing.

Now, get back to polishing your participation trophies.


34 posted on 09/13/2023 9:30:55 PM PDT by Allegra (Free Kiryandil! Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: napscoordinator

Biden isn’t a boomer, he is from the Mick Jagger, Jane Fonda, John McCain, and Beatles generation.


35 posted on 09/13/2023 9:58:34 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Allegra

He must be a latch key kid from Gen X who just didn’t get enough attention from mommy and daddy. Since we’re generalizing on this thread, his generation is forgotten for a reason. 🤣


36 posted on 09/14/2023 12:04:15 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: exDemMom

The vax didn’t save anybody. Total poison.


37 posted on 09/14/2023 5:17:50 AM PDT by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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To: Reno89519

I am over 65. Why not everyone? The jabs do not work so why not advise against them for everyone?


38 posted on 09/14/2023 5:20:00 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Reno89519

Wants to kill old people.

Of course that is what Presidents do these days, so yeah, I guess that makes Ron Presidential material....


39 posted on 09/14/2023 5:20:12 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: dforest

If you are collecting Social Security they want you gone.

Soon.


40 posted on 09/14/2023 5:21:02 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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