Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis today urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt its recommendation of COVID-19 vaccines for children while calling on the Florida Legislature to permanently ban mRNA vaccine mandates and enshrine vaccination status protections in the state’s Patient’s Bill of
Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis called on the CDC to stop recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for children. Additionally, Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis called on the Florida Legislature to make permanent the state prohibitions on mRNA mandates and to add vaccination status protections to the Patient's Bill of Rights.
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