As CDC advisers prep vote on COVID vax for students, FL Surgeon Gen says ‘nothing changes’ in Florida

Advisers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are set to vote this week on whether or not so as to add COVID-19 vaccination to the immunization schedule, however Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo insists it would don’t have any bearing on how issues are accomplished in his state.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is assembly Wednesday and Thursday, with the latter-day that includes a vote on updates to the 2023 immunization schedules for youngsters and adults. A spokesperson for the CDC confirmed to Fox News that this may embody a willpower on together with accredited or licensed COVID-19 vaccines.

“Regardless of what @CDCgov votes tomorrow on whether COVID-19 vax are added to routine child immunizations – nothing changes in FL,” Ladapo tweeted. “Thanks to @GovRonDeSantis, COVID mandates are NOT allowed in FL, NOT pushed into schools, & I continue to recommend against them for healthy kids.”

The CDC spokesperson acknowledged that no matter how the ACIP vote goes, it could not alter official coverage.

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“It’s important to note that there are no changes in COVID-19 vaccine policy, and this action would simply help streamline clinical guidance for healthcare providers by including all currently licensed, authorized and routinely recommended vaccines in one document,” the spokesperson mentioned. 

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news convention in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service by way of Getty Images)
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Wednesday afternoon will see ACIP vote on a special difficulty relating to COVID-19 vaccinations, particularly, whether or not to incorporate it in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. That program helps present vaccines for youngsters below 19 whose households are eligible for Medicaid, are uninsured or underinsured, or are Native American (together with Alaska Native).

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VFC at the moment consists of vaccines for greater than a dozen sicknesses, together with Hepatitis A and B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Influenza.