Though the federal government recently authorized the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, Publix supermarkets will not offer the vaccine to children in that age group.
The supermarket chain is headquartered in Florida and was a major player in rolling out the COVID vaccine in that state when it became available to the public, theBut Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration opposes the vaccine for young children, saying testing of the vaccine was lacking and that children have little risk of getting seriously ill with COVID.
He said state government won’t provide programs to give vaccines toFlorida was the only state that declined to pre-order vaccines for young children before the FDA approved the vaccine for that age group on June 18. Doctors in Florida can still order vaccines as needed from the federal government.: “Publix won’t give COVID vaccine to children under 5.
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