MORNING AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT 95 AT TROUT RIVER. RIVER BRIDGE SKEWS ME. AND THAT’S
YOUR KEY PERSON. TOYOTA TIME
SAVER TRAFFIC.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: U.S.
REGULATORS ARE POISED TO
GREENLIGHT COVID-19 VACCINE
SHOTS FOR THE YOUNGEST AGE
GROUP. YET FROM THOSE 5 YEARS
OLD TO THOSE AS YOUNG AS 6
MONTHS OLD. YET FLORIDA IS THE
ONLY STATE IN THE NATION THAT
IS NOT PLACED AN ORDER WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
DOSES OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE
FOR THOSE YOUNG KIDS. IT
CALLED THE DISTRIBUTION
PROCESS. CONVOLUTED, BUT
DIDN’T THE FINE. BUT
CONVOLUTED MEANS TO THAT. IN A
STATEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH SAID STATES DON’T NEED
TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
CONVOLUTED VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION PROCESS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS A TRACK RECORD
OF DEVELOPING INCONSISTENT AND
UNSUSTAINABLE COVID-19
POLICIES. IT’S ALSO NO
SURPRISE WE CHOSE NOT TO
PARTICIPATE IN DISTRIBUTION OF
THE COVID-19 VACCINE WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT DOES NOT
RECOMMENDED FOR ALL CHILDREN
AND IT IS NO SECRET. FLORIDA
SURGEON GENERAL JOSEPH LADAPO
AS OPPOSED TO COVID-19
VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE OF 5. JOINING ME
ON THE MORNING SHOW DOCTOR
JEFFREY GOLDHAGEN, A PROFESSOR
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND CHIEF
OF THE UNIVERSITY’S
PEDIATRICIAN, PEDIATRICS
DIVISION HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.
IT’S EXPECTED THIS VACCINE
WILL BE APPROVED MAYBE THIS
WEEKEND OR EARLY. THAT’S THIS
WEEK FOR KIDS UNDER AGE 5.
WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU THAT
FLORIDA IS THE ONLY ONE, THE
ONLY ONE TO 49 STATES NOT TO
PREORDER THIS VACCINE?
>> WELL, IT TELLS ME IS
GOVERNOR DESANTIS DOCTOR
LADAPO CONTINUE TO PLAY A
DEADLY GAME WITH WITH THE
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
PEOPLE IN FLORIDA. AND NOW IN
PARTICULAR, YOUNG CHILDREN,
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN IN THIS
AGE WERE INFECTED BY OMICRON
HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY OMICRON.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS HAVE
BEEN HOSPITALIZED. HUNDREDS
HAVE DIED. THIS IS A SAFE
VACCINE. EVERY CREDIBLE
ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY,
MEDICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE
COUNTRY IS SUPPORTING IT. THE
DAY IS VERY CLEAR. THERE WERE
VIRTUALLY NO SIGNIFICANT SIDE
EFFECTS. THIS IS A SAFE
VACCINE THAT WILL SAVE THE
LIVES OF CHILDREN IN FLORIDA
AS IT WILL SAVE THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT
ISSUE THAT THIS STATE WILL
PLAY A POLITICAL GAME WITH THE
LIVES OF CHILDREN OR OF WHO
ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL
PAWNS BY THE GOVERNOR AND
SURGEON GENERAL.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: FIND IT
IRONIC THE DESANTIS
ADMINISTRATION IS ALL ABOUT
PERSONAL CHOICE. I MEAN,
THAT’S WHY THE GOVERNOR DID
AWAY WITH MASK MANDATES AND
THREATENED HEFTY FINES YET NOW
THE STATE IS NOT ORDERING
VACCINES FOR CHILDREN TO 9
PARENTS THE CHANCE TO MAKE
THEIR CHOICE THEIR OWN CHOICE
ABOUT VACCINATING THEIR YOUNG
CHILDREN. AND YESTERDAY, HE
SAID, QUOTE, IT’S NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE MEANING THE
ADMINISTRATION THINK IS
APPROPRIATE SEEMS TO BE A BIT
CONTRADICTORY TO ME. IN FACT,
IT SEEMS AS IF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO TELL
PARENTS WHAT TO DO.
>> WELL, IT’S NOT
CONTRADICTORY. IRONIC WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THIS IS
A POLITICAL DECISION MADE BY A
MADE BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE
FLIES IN THE FACE OF EVERY BIT
OF EVIDENCE. AND OUR OUR
SURGEON GENERAL HAS A LONG
HISTORY OF OF DISINFORMATION,
MISINFORMATION. IT WAS ONE OR
IS ONE OF AMERICA’S FRONTLINE
DOCTORS WHOSE CREDIBILITY IS 0
AS THEY THEY PUSH MEDICATIONS
FOR COVID THAT WE’RE NOW NOT
TO WORK. THIS IS A POLITICAL
DECISION. PARENTS NEED TO BE
URGED TO GET THE VACCINE.
FORTUNATELY, THE DRIVE STORES,
WAL-MART AND WALGREENS. AND
CVS AND OTHERS WILL HAVE THE
VACCINE. THEY SHOULD TALK TO
THEIR DOCTORS TO IDENTIFY WHEN
THEIR DOCTORS WILL BE GETTING
THE VACCINE. THERE WILL,
HOWEVER, BE A SIGNIFICANT
DELAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR
CHILDREN IN FLORIDA, WHO WILL
SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT
OF DECISIONS. OK, LET’S TALK
ABOUT DOCTOR LADAPO. HE SAID.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: FROM WHAT
I’VE SEEN, THERE IS JUST
INSUFFICIENT DATA TO INFORM
BENEFITS AND RISK IN CHILDREN.
I THINK THAT’S VERY
UNEQUIVOCAL. PARENTS ARE GOING
TO HEAR THAT. YOU’RE WELL
RESPECTED PEDIATRICIAN IN THIS
COMMUNITY. WHAT DO YOU TELL
THEM IN RESPONSE TO LEAD A
POST COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD SAY DOCTOR LADAPO
IS NOT A PEDIATRICIAN. HE’S
NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT.
HE’S DEMONSTRATED HIS
COMMITMENT TO POLITICAL
POLICIES THAT FLY IN THE FACE
OF EVIDENCE-BASED, MEDICINE
AND SCIENCE. DO NOT LISTEN TO
DOCTOR LADAPO. HE TOO, IS A
POLITICAL OF THE GOVERNOR IS
PUSHING INFORMATION THAT HAS
KILLED THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS, ACTUALLY TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN FLORIDA
UNNECESSARILY AND NOW IS
PLAYING A POLITICAL GAME WITH
THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.
IT’S SHOCKING. IT’S
FRUSTRATING. AND PARENTS
SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO TALK TO A
LOT OF FOLKS. LISTEN TO THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
GO ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR THE
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AAP DOT
ORG. READ FOR YOURSELF. DO NOT
LISTEN TO THIS POSITION WHO IS
PLAYING THE POLITICAL GAME
WITH THE LIVES OF YOUR
CHILDREN. PLEASE GET YOUR
CHILDREN VACCINATED. WE’RE
ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT LONG
COVID AND IT’S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS
UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN
ASYMPTOMATIC CHILDREN COULD
HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS. SO
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT’S GOING
TO PERSIST FOR FOR PERHAPS FOR
DECADES. WE NEED TO ACT NOW
GET YOUR CHILDREN VACCINATED.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE GOVERNOR.
DO NOT LISTEN TO DOCTOR WHO