{"id":1363038,"date":"2022-03-07T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1363038"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:54:37","slug":"psaki-calls-florida-surgeon-general-a-politician-peddling-conspiracy-theories-after-state-says-healthy-kids-dont-need-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-calls-florida-surgeon-general-a-politician-peddling-conspiracy-theories-after-state-says-healthy-kids-dont-need-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Calls Florida Surgeon General A Politician \u2018Peddling Conspiracy Theories\u2019 After State Says Healthy Kids Don\u2019t Need Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-calls-florida-surgeon-general-a-politician-peddling-conspiracy-theories-after-state-says-healthy-kids-dont-need-vaccine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1363038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-07-at-4.24.21-PM-e1646688367595.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House press sec. Jen Psaki said Monday that Florida\u2019s surgeon general is a politician \u201cpeddling conspiracy theories\u201d after the state announced it would not recommend healthy children get the coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/florida-department-health-healthy-kids-should-not-coronavirus-vaccine-joseph-ladapo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthy kids<\/a>\u00a0need not get the coronavirus vaccine, citing a non-peer reviewed New York State Department of Health <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/01\/pfizer-vaccine-efficacy-study-children-ages-five-eleven-omicron-variant-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> that showed Pfizer\u2019s vaccine protection for preventing hospitalization in kids between 5 and 11 drastically declined during the Omicron surge. The study also found the vaccine\u2019s efficacy for preventing infection dropped from 68%\u00a0 to 12%.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki was asked by a reporter Monday whether the announcement was \u201ca good policy.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/19\/cdc-natural-immunity-outperforms-vaccination-covid-19-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: CDC Says Natural Immunity Outperformed Vaccines Against Delta Strain)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cLet me just note that we know the science, we know the data and what works and what the most effective steps are in protecting people of a range of ages from hospitalization and even death. The FDA and the CDC have already weighed in on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines for those 5 and older.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REPORTER: \u201cThe Florida Surgeon General says that healthy children shouldn\u2019t get the COVD vaccine. Is that a good policy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PSAKI: \u201cAbsolutely not\u2026It\u2019s deeply disturbing that there are politicians peddling conspiracy theories out there and casting doubt on vaccinations\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDJY1p5yGL\">pic.twitter.com\/kDJY1p5yGL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1500928760673153033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s deeply disturbing that there are politicians peddling conspiracy theories out there and casting doubts on vaccinations when it is our best tool against the virus and the best tool to prevent even teenagers from being hospitalized,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Florida became the first state to officially advise the opposite of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends. The CDC advises children 5 and older receive the coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Of the more than 804,000 Floridian children under the age of 16 who have had the coronavirus, 42 have died, the Tampa Bay Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2022\/03\/07\/healthy-children-shouldnt-get-coronavirus-vaccine-florida-health-department-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, citing state data.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, issued a statement similar to Psaki\u2019s, calling Ladapo\u2019s remarks \u201cdangerous COVID-19 misinformation,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/coronavirus\/florida-dept-of-health-to-recommend-against-covid-19-vaccine-for-healthy-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge all Floridians to continue to follow the COVID-19 guidance provided by their doctors, in addition to the FDA and the CDC, and not the anti-science conspiracy theories DeSantis and Ladapo are pushing,\u201d Fried said in a statement, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press sec. 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