The DeSantis administration has advised against boosters for those under 65, countering US health experts.
Authorities in Florida have told residents under age 65 to avoid new Covid booster vaccines, contradicting advice from US health experts.
Covid cases are on the rise in the US and other countries, although at levels far lower than earlier in the pandemic.That was a point repeatedly raised by Mr DeSantis, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and three doctors who joined the video call on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, where the announcement was made., younger people in clinical risk groups, frontline health workers and others who come in contact with vulnerable people.
"We continue to live in a world where the CDC and the [Food and Drug Administration], when it comes to Covid at least, are just beating their own path in a direction that seems inexplicable," Dr Ladapo said.Mr DeSantis, who is also running in the Republican presidential race, was a strong supporter of Covid vaccines when they were first released, but has since repeatedly criticised vaccine manufacturers and raised safety fears - going well beyond opposition to vaccine mandates.
"Once again, Florida is the first state in the nation to stand up and provide guidance based on truth, not Washington edicts," the governor said in a statement."Covid-19 vaccines are the best way to give the body the ability to keep the virus from causing significant harm," CDC Director Mandy Cohen wrote in The New York Times. "Extensive studies and real-world experience have shown that they are safe and they work. And most Americans take them.
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