Florida becomes first state advising against giving COVID-19 vaccine to healthy children, despite CDC recommendation.
ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton explains how vaccines work.Despite widespread support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations from the nation's top health officials, Florida will become the first state in the country to advise against vaccinating healthy children for COVID-19, the state's Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, announced on Monday.
"Already the rates were low. So, 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 infinite potential of benefit," Ladapo said Monday. Following the announcement, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that Florida's decision was “absolutely not” a good policy.
Many health experts across the country have also vehemently pushed back on claims that vaccines may not be necessary for children, urging the importance of vaccines for all eligible children to protect against severe illness. DeSantis also questioned whether children should be getting the shots, touting the state's recent efforts to ban vaccine mandates in schools."We have this issue in terms of COVID-19 vaccinations with respect to children. And in Florida, we prohibited mandating COVID vaccines for children, so they can go to school and it's a parent's decision," DeSantis said.
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