Yet another Florida public health official has been ousted for being right. - MaddowBlog
Ordinarily, when we learn of public health officials who’ve been removed from their positions, the first assumption is that they’ve done something wrong. In Florida, this dynamic is sometimes turned on its head: Public health officials are occasionally ousted for doing the right-but-politically-inconvenient thing.
Earlier this year, for example, Raul Pino, the then-director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, encouraged members of his team to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. State officials soon afterA spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health publicly questioned at the time whether Pino’s encouragement represented a violation of state law.
Last week, the state punished the president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, too. The Miami HeraldDr. Lisa Gwynn, a pediatrician with the University of Miami Health System who has been a visible advocate of vaccine access for poor young kids, was removed Wednesday from a state-appointed board for publicly criticizing Florida’s decision to delay access to the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5.
It was just a few weeks ago when the public learned that 49 states had pre-ordered Covid vaccines specifically tailored for children — and Florida was the nation's only exception. Though Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis
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