“There’s not going to be any state programs that are going to be trying to, you know, get Covid jabs to infants and toddlers and newborns,” DeSantis, a Republican, said at a news conference in South Florida.
"There's not going to be any state programs that are going to be trying to, you know, get Covid jabs to infants and toddlers and newborns," DeSantis, a Republican, said at a news conference in South Florida. "That's not something that we think is appropriate, and so that's not where we're going to be utilizing our resources in that regard."DeSantis said Thursday that the"risks outweigh the benefits" of vaccinating young children.
DeSantis said Thursday he did not anticipate any problems for parents in Florida who want to secure vaccines for their children, noting that the demand for the vaccine among adults in the state has waned in recent months. He suggested parents can get vaccines for their children through doctors or hospitals."The state of Florida has had the recommendation from five and up for a while. We are the first state to do that.
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