DeSantis will allow Florida health care providers to order COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5

[kpete]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now allowing healthcare providers, including pediatricians and children’s hospitals, to order COVID-19 vaccines from a federal program for children between six months and 5 years old, a reversal from earlier this week, White House officials told McClatchy. The decision will expand access to pediatric coronavirus vaccines for parents across the state, which, under DeSantis’ previous position, would have been limited to seeking vaccines at a select number of community health centers and facilities participating in a federal retail pharmacy program. State health facilities will still not be placing orders for vaccine doses, a Biden administration official said.

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[OLDMDDEM]

1. How nice

of the asshole to do his job for a change.

[In It to Win It]

2. Only did it for the media attention in the first place 🙄

[allegorical oracle]

3. Finally. Ron first blamed the Florida Dept of Health for his decision, but I wondered if Surgeon

General was more influential. Per Wikipedia:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ladapo promoted unproven treatments, opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates, questioned the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, and associated with America's Frontline Doctors, a far-right group known for promoting falsehoods about the pandemic.[18][19][20][21] "Ladapo has also published several op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, including one in June questioning the safety of vaccines, and another just days ago entitled, "Vaccine mandates can't stop COVID's spread." In a March 24, 2020, opinion column in USA Today, Ladapo wrote that he "spent the past week taking care of patients with COVID-19 at UCLA's flagship hospital", an assertion he repeated in a later column published by the Wall Street Journal.[22][23] However, UCLA staff scheduling records from that time period reportedly did not show him assigned to treat COVID patients, and four UCLA colleagues told MSNBC in November 2021 that they did not believe Ladapo had treated COVID patients there.[22][24]

[CentralMass]

4. What a complete f..king @$$hole DeSantis is

[Irish_Dem]

5. How kind of His Majesty, King Ron of Florida to let children live.

All hail King Ron for his benevolence and wisdom.