COVID Vaccine
Pointing out the more than 84,000 COVID-19 deaths in Florida since the start of the pandemic, House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell opposes what she calls DeSantis’ “dangerous message from the anti-vax establishment.”
Florida was the only state that declined to preorder the vaccines. It also prohibited county health departments from distributing or administering the shots.
US regulators authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, but Gov. DeSantis decided not to facilitate their distribution, delaying their availability in children's hospitals and other facilities that have relied on state distribution of the shots.
Pierluisi ended the requirement for mask use both outdoors and indoors as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decrease on the island.
The decision goes against the CDC, which has urged parents to get their children vaccinated.
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The state's refusal to comply with the rules is in violation of federal law and will cost taxpayers if it does not reverse course.
Gov. Pierluisi announced new and the extension of measures to deal with the pandemic, at a time when cases related to the omicron variant continue to decline.