Gov. DeSantis and Florida surgeon normal warn in opposition to new COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday criticized latest efforts throughout the U.S. to tamp down a latest soar in COVID-19 instances via non permanent restrictions or masking and his state surgeon normal warned in opposition to getting the most recent COVID-19 vaccine, which is predicted to be out there this month.

The criticism from DeSantis at information convention in Jacksonville, Florida, arrived the identical day his marketing campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination despatched out an e mail to supporters vowing to “fight back against every bogus attempt the Left makes to expand government control” in relation to COVID-19 precautions.

At the Jacksonville information convention at an Irish pub, DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo promised Florida gained’t be becoming a member of states, cities or faculty districts throughout the U.S. in briefly closing colleges or mandating mask-wearing due to the latest uptick in COVID-19 instances.

“People are lurching toward this insanity again,” DeSantis mentioned. “As we see these things being orchestrated … there needs to be pushback.”

Lapado mentioned there have been no arguments for getting the most recent vaccine.

“There are a lot of red flags,” Ladapo mentioned.

Ladapo’s earlier warnings in opposition to COVID-19 vaccines merited a public letter from federal well being companies saying his claims had been dangerous to the general public. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention despatched the letter in March to Ladapo, a DeSantis appointee who has attracted nationwide scrutiny over his shut alignment with the governor in opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates and different well being insurance policies embraced by the federal authorities.

Ladapo final 12 months launched steerage recommending in opposition to COVID-19 vaccinations for wholesome kids, contradicting federal public well being leaders whose recommendation says all youngsters ought to get the pictures.

“It is the job of public health officials around the country to protect the lives of the populations they serve, particularly the vulnerable. Fueling vaccine hesitancy undermines this effort,” mentioned the letter signed by FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.

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