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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Are you always a POS or are you just butthurt? You should get the ZOT for a stupid remark like that.
I know, right? Who needs a lifetime of accumulated knowledge... Boomers are so stupid.
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?
But he still managed to watch FDR on TV.
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.
Please do.
Oh sorry it wasn’t your post.
You are wrong. Out of here could mean anything. Why did you go dark? Is it your depression?
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...
Out of here can mean lots.
You're not fooling anyone with that nonsense. We know exactly what you mean.
You are no Einstein
Clearly, I was trying to pull a fast one on you nappy. *eyeroll*
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.
And to think some people say that Omnly Trumpers don't make rational arguments.
Thanks for showing everyone how wrong they are.
You try daily and fail every time.
I think you replenish to the wrong poster
#replied.
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