A Florida-based supermarket will not offer COVID-19 vaccines for kids regardless of current permission for the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention. Popular supermarket chain Publix will not provide the vaccine for kids in the new authorized age group “at this time,” according to spokesperson Hannah Herring.
Herring told the Tampa Bay Times the business will likewise not be using more explanations concerning their choice.
The CDC licensed the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for minors between the ages of 4 years of age and 6 months recently.
Children over the age of 5 can still get the COVID-19 vaccine at the shop. Publix will likewise still provide other vaccines to kids ages 6 months and older, consisting of the influenza shot. The business gets its vaccines through the Federal Retail Pharmacy, which permits shops to buy straight from the federal government.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stated “millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated” in a declaration revealing the most recent permission, per KETV.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stated his administration would not buy a supply of the vaccine for kids from the federal government.
“We are not going to have any programs where we’re trying to jab 6-month-old babies with mRNA. That is just the reality,” DeSantis said at a press conference on June 20. He added that he believed the White House “thought we’d be embarrassed by that — no.”
“We don’t have the authority to prevent , and quite frankly if someone wants to make a different decision, I would just caution people to look at the actual data in the clinical trial,” the governor said.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo shared a comparable belief recently with reporters in Tallahassee. Ladapo has actually opposed offering the COVID-19 vaccine to kids under the age of 5 in spite of federal permission.
“We expect to have good data that the benefits outweigh the risks of any therapies or treatments before we recommend those therapies or treatments to Floridians,” Ladapo said last week. “That is not going to change. I don’t think that is particularly radical. I think it’s very sensible.”
“From what I have seen, there is just insufficient data to inform benefits and risk in children,” the surgeon general continued. “I think that’s very unequivocal.”
Publix is a popular chain in the area with more than 1,280 locations throughout 7 states, consisting of more than 830 in Florida.
Its choice to not provides the vaccine to the youngest licensed age sets Publix apart from other significant retail chains such as Walmart.
Walmart and its subsidiary Sam’s Club use the vaccine for kids ages 3 and up, per Reuters. National drug store chain Rite Aid has likewise stated it is prepared to provide the vaccine to kids over the age of 3.
H/T Timcast
