by Cassidy Morrison, Healthcare Reporter | June 16, 2022 05:43 PM
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his state’s decision on Thursday to forgo preordering doses of pediatric COVID-19 vaccines, making Florida the only U.S. state to do so.
DeSantis strongly disapproves of giving the shots to children, who are less likely than older adults to experience severe COVID-19. He maintained that the shots have not completed enough rigorous testing to be proven safe and effective, adding that the state would not be launching any sort of vaccination campaign for getting shots in children’s arms.