Health experts criticize the statements of the Florida director of health services against the covid-19 vaccine for children

What is prolonged covid and how do you live with it? 4:15 (CNN) — After Florida Health Services CEO Dr. Joseph Ladapo declared Monday that the state would issue guidance urging parents not to vaccinate their children against COVID- 19, health experts and officials were quick to highlight the dangers of such a policy for individuals and for the country as a whole. Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Center for Vaccine Education at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, called Ladapo’s statement “completely irresponsible and completely unsupported.” “Although it is true that children are less likely to be infected and it is true that children are less likely to be seriously infected, they can still be infected and they can still be seriously infected,” Offit told CNN. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to fall from the peaks of the omicron variant surge, and states and local jurisdictions have increasingly rolled back COVID-19 safety measures. But Florida would be the first state to break with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance on covid-19 vaccines for children, recommended for minors. 5 years onwards. “And if you have a vaccine that’s safe, and it’s effective, which this one is, then you get it,” Offit said. “What the CEO of Florida Health Services did not do was explain himself in any way. What possible reason could you have for not giving this vaccine to children and putting them in a position where they have to suffer from this disease?” Ladapo spoke on Monday at the end of a roundtable discussion among vocal skeptics of covid-19 mitigation measures. He did not say when the new guidance from the state Department of Health would be made official, and provided few additional details. Florida governor attacks Fauci in his re-election campaign 2:24DeSantis says Florida will follow CDC mandates on vaccines Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has consistently taken a more passive approach to covid- 19 during the pandemic, he said during a news conference on Monday afternoon that Ladapo was concerned that the vaccine “would be forced on the people.” “We’re not just going to follow the CDC in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said. “We’re going to do our own thing.” The Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, however, expressed doubts about whether the decision is the best way forward. “The COVID-19 vaccine is our best hope for ending the pandemic,” Dr. Lisa Gwynn, president of the Florida chapter, said in a statement. “The comments of the Director General of Health [de Florida] today they misrepresent the benefits of the vaccine, which has been shown to prevent serious illness, hospitalizations and long-term symptoms from covid-19 in children and adolescents, including those who are otherwise healthy. “The evidence is clear: that when people are vaccinated, they are significantly less likely to become seriously ill and need hospital care. There is broad consensus among medical and public health experts about the life-saving benefits of this vaccine.” Recent data shows benefits of vaccines in children Although the omicron variant is better able to evade the protection provided by vaccines, recent data has shown that vaccinated children are less likely to be hospitalized for covid-19 infections than children who are not vaccinated. Vaccinated elementary school children are nearly half as likely to have a case of Covid-19 that resulted in care at an urgent care clinic or emergency room compared to children who were not vaccinated, according to a large U.S.-funded study. CDC. Children infected with covid-19 can develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) weeks later. This rare disease can lead to dangerous complications, causing parts of the body to become inflamed. MIS-C can affect major organs, including the kidneys, brain, lungs, and heart. Since the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was licensed in November for children as young as 5, about 22 million children have been fully vaccinated, including 1.1 million children in Florida, according to federal health data. and state. About 25% of Florida’s eligible child population is vaccinated, compared to 30% nationally. Covid-19 seems to affect some children 4:08Dr. William Schaffner, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told CNN that he is “disappointed and really concerned” about the announcement of Ladapo in Florida. “I would continue to do so for all parents of children over the age of 5. The benefits clearly outweigh the risks and give us a firmer foundation for future Covid control,” Schaffner said. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was also critical when she was asked Monday about the Florida Surgeon General’s decision. “It is deeply disturbing that there are politicians peddling conspiracy theories and casting doubt on vaccines when it is our best tool against the virus and the best tool to prevent even teenagers from being hospitalized,” Psaki said. When asked if it was a good policy, Psaki replied, “Absolutely not. We know the science. We know the data and what works and what the most effective steps are to protect people of a variety of ages from hospitalization and even death.” Psaki noted that the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC “have already weighed the safety and efficacy of covid-19 vaccines for those over five years of age” and noted that science supports the need for vaccines In the kids. — CNN’s Steve Contorno, Carma Hassan, Allie Malloy, Leyla Santiago and Deidre McPhillips contributed to this report.

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