By WMAL.com
The first state Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo of Florida, has come out in opposition to children ages 5-17 receiving the COVID vaccine. Ladapo was appointed by Governor Ron Desantis, who has been one of the most vocal critics of COVID related mandates.
- Center for Disease Control (CDC): Ladapo’s recommendation contradict those at the CDC who have called for children 5-17 to receive the Pfizer vaccine.
- Surgeon General Ladapo: “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 even potential of benefit”
- CDC study: released last week showed that the Pfizer vaccine didn’t protect kids against the Omicron strain.
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