MIAMI.- The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, this Wednesday advised against the use of the new vaccines against covid-19 for people under 65 years of age, contradicting the Administration of US President Joe Biden, which this week recommended the application updated vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech.
In a video call broadcast on the social network of Diseases (CDC, in English).
According to Ladapo, the new booster approved on Monday by the CDC does not have data from “significant” clinical trials conducted in humans that support “the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine against COVID-19.”
“I will not stand by and allow the FDA and CDC to use healthy Floridians as guinea pigs for new booster vaccines that have not been proven to be safe or effective,” DeSantis, a candidate in the Republican primary to elect the president, said in a statement. nominated in the 2024 general election.
Last week, both spoke out against the new vaccines during an event in Jacksonville, in the northeast of the state, which earned a response from federal health agencies, in which they warned that their statements were dangerous to public health.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this Monday the updated vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech against covid-19, which are effective against contagious variants such as omicron XBB.1.5.
The updated vaccines are approved for people over 12 years of age, and authorized for emergency use in children between 6 months and 11 years of age.
Through a statement, Pfizer/BioNTech explained that “this season’s vaccine” is indicated as a single dose for most people ages 5 and older.
“This decision comes at a time when COVID-19 cases are increasing once again,” said Albert Bourla, president and CEO of Pfizer.
“Vaccination remains critical for public health and continued protection against the serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death,” Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the U.S., said in a statement. FDA.
Citizens “can be assured,” he added, “that these updated vaccines have met the agency’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, efficacy and manufacturing quality.”
These new vaccines come as COVID cases have increased in parts of the United States.
According to the Miami Herald, in Florida infections increased during the summer with almost 24,000 cases reported in the last week of August, more than double the previous month.
2023-09-14 13:00:42
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