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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: napscoordinator

Are you always a POS or are you just butthurt? You should get the ZOT for a stupid remark like that.


41 posted on 09/14/2023 5:22:50 AM PDT by dforest
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To: napscoordinator

I know, right? Who needs a lifetime of accumulated knowledge... Boomers are so stupid.


42 posted on 09/14/2023 5:27:15 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: dforest

Why? Because I’m saying boomers ruined the United States. Your love of abortion started it. Then your love of drugs and free sex continued. The Debt you added to the country. Shall I go on?


43 posted on 09/14/2023 6:09:13 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: armourenthusiast
Joe Biden was born in 1942

But he still managed to watch FDR on TV.

44 posted on 09/14/2023 6:12:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: napscoordinator

I had 3 boys and miscarried one. You just can’t quit being an ass can you? Sometimes just shutting up is wise after you have already been roundly smacked for your bad behavior on this thread.

Don’t ever accuse me of loving abortion.

Done with you.


45 posted on 09/14/2023 6:15:24 AM PDT by dforest
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To: napscoordinator
Shall I go on?

Please do.

46 posted on 09/14/2023 6:17:12 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Oh sorry it wasn’t your post.


47 posted on 09/14/2023 6:20:32 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: dforest

You are wrong. Out of here could mean anything. Why did you go dark? Is it your depression?


48 posted on 09/14/2023 6:23:44 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator
Oh sorry it wasn’t your post.

What? I'm a boomer and you can't direct your silly towards me? You've never hesitated in the past. I thought you could go on and on and on and...

49 posted on 09/14/2023 6:24:50 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Out of here can mean lots.


50 posted on 09/14/2023 6:25:30 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator
Out of here can mean lots.

You're not fooling anyone with that nonsense. We know exactly what you mean.

51 posted on 09/14/2023 6:33:30 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

You are no Einstein


52 posted on 09/14/2023 7:11:31 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator
You are no Einstein

Clearly, I was trying to pull a fast one on you nappy. *eyeroll*

53 posted on 09/14/2023 7:23:52 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: napscoordinator

You don’t seem to know much about modern American history or what generations are which, or at what ages a generation starts to gain power.


54 posted on 09/14/2023 8:55:19 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: exDemMom
"I’ll bet that the Florida health department also recommends the updated Covid vaccines."


55 posted on 09/14/2023 9:07:26 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: MotorCityBuck
"DeSanctimonious is Gay LOL!!"

And to think some people say that Omnly Trumpers don't make rational arguments.

Thanks for showing everyone how wrong they are.

56 posted on 09/14/2023 9:10:23 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: BlackbirdSST

You try daily and fail every time.


57 posted on 09/14/2023 4:26:23 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: exDemMom

I think you replenish to the wrong poster


59 posted on 09/14/2023 8:21:01 PM PDT by hcmama
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To: hcmama

#replied.


60 posted on 09/14/2023 8:21:49 PM PDT by hcmama
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