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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Or has he?
Meanwhile, Florida Press Secretary Christina Pushaw claimed in a tweet that both the White House press secretary and the McClatchy news outlet in Washington, D.C., “are both spreading disinformation. NOTHING has “reversed” or changed. The State of Florida is not placing any orders of covid shots for 0-5 year old babies & kids.” If this is true then DeSantis has not changed his position, the State of Fl is not ordering the vaccine for its youngest citizens, and pediatricians are placing orders directly with the Fed Govt and not through the State. |
DeSantis's public position was the state would not buy the vaccine for children and did not allow pediatricians to purchase it. The backlash happened and he changed his position to allowing pediatricians to purchase it. The confusion comes in the pediatricians have to purchase it via state agencies, that is what DeSantis changed, to allow the pediatricians to do ahead. The state is still not purchasing the vaccines itself.
For someone that made a lot of speeches about allowing people in Florida to control the healthcare decisions of their children, he whoops big time with the initial statement/decision. He then had to backpedal.