'The freedom coveted by some Americans to avoid vaccines and spurn masks is, increasingly, leading to a group of Americans that can't access vaccines getting Covid-19. We're talking about kids under 12,' writes zbyronwolf | Analysis
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We're talking about kids under 12, who need to go back to school over the next month, but can't get the vaccine."I think we've let our children down," Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine adviser to the US Food and Drug Administration, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday, while discussing low vaccination rates in the US placing children who cannot get the shot at risk."They depend on those around them to protect them," he said.
As recently as July 25, Hutchinson was sort of defending the law. During an appearance on CNN's"State of the Union," he argued the emphasis should rightly be on vaccinations and not masks."At that point, we had very low case rates in Arkansas, and people knew exactly what to do," Hutchinson said of signing the law."They were capable of making their decisions. And then we shifted to the emphasis on vaccination.
Ron DeSantis' move baffles vaccine expert 01:07School districts in Florida are waffling on defying DeSantis' decree on mask requirements. Broward County's school board has thrice changed -- from saying it would insist on masks to saying it would comply with DeSantis, to now saying it may insist on masks. It's been joined by several counties in the Northern part of the state.
"I think you're starting to see some of that put in place around the country. We're not entertaining that here in Louisiana, but we do want people to be vaccinated. It is incredibly important," Gov. John Bel Edwards told Peter Kovacs, editor of The Advocate and Times-Picayune, during a town hall.He's also not going to require the vaccine for state employees"unless and until the FDA grants full licensure to one of more of the Covid vaccines.
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