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Florida contradicts a United States regulation on the obligation to vaccinate children.
Florida contradicts a United States regulation on the obligation to vaccinate children.
The state's Director General of Health sent a letter that generated controversy.
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Recently, Florida surprised and generated controversy through a letter he sent related to a measles outbreak that occurred in a school in the state. In the midst of the recommendation by the United States authorities that all children receive the vaccine against the virus, the state government went in the opposite direction and assured that students can attend without being vaccinated.
For some time now, and especially with the pandemic, the different health criteria between national and state authorities have been noted in the US. The differences over the obligation to vaccinate generated many tensions and crossed regulations between officials. Although in this case it is not about covid, that distance was noted again.
Florida said children can go to school without being vaccinated against measles
After the measles outbreak that broke out at an elementary school in the southern Sunshine State, Joseph Ladapo, Director General of Health appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis, sent a communication to parents where he stated that children are not required to be vaccinated against the virus to be able to attend classes and that the decision is up to the parents, as stated CBS News.
From this action, a lot of controversy was generated, given that Florida's position goes against the directives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)., for its acronym in English). In addition to directly contradicting what the United States health authorities have, many pointed against Ladapo's message due to the risk of contagion it implies.
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Florida's controversial health decision was reported by Joseph Ladapo.
Health experts, including former Sunshine State Health Department official Scott Rivkees, They stated that vaccination should be mandatory for school attendance and that in this way colleagues and adults are protected from measles. In addition, they also cited the cases of those who cannot be vaccinated due to age or medical reasons and are more exposed to the consequences of infection.
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