DeSantis’s posture against the covid shots is at odds with the advice of leading public health officials and experts and shows how he is seeking to make his position a 2024 campaign issue.
In response to DeSantis’s criticism of the new booster, CDC Director Mandy Cohen said the vaccine has been proved safe and effective after thorough and independent review.
Initially, he joined other leaders from both parties in promoting coronavirus vaccines, attending the vaccination of a 94-year-old military veteran live on “Fox & Friends.” When Florida hospitals were overwhelmed by unvaccinated patients during the Bryan Griffin, press secretary for the DeSantis campaign, said in a statement that DeSantis is “the only candidate with a proven record of fighting back and capable of bringing a reckoning for the wrongdoings committed.”
In its guidance advising caution with the new boosters, the Florida Department of Health cited the “absence of any meaningful booster-specific clinical trial data performed in humans.” But regulators and leading experts say such research is not necessary to update the formula of a vaccine that has already undergone extensive clinical trials and safety monitoring.
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