Source: LifeSiteNews.com
While most state health bureaucracies prepare for the fall flu season with fresh encouragement to take COVID-19 boosters, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) is instead urging residents to stay informed about the reasons not to take them.
On Thursday, Florida Health released its Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Boosters for the Fall and Winter 2024–2025 Season, which opens with a reminder of the “importance of remaining up to date with current literature related to COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, and the importance of providing patients with informed consent.”
It then notes that while the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated mRNA COVID shots last month for those 12 and over plus emergency use authorization for those as young as six months, the Omicron variant they are meant for “is not causing a significant number of infections” and, more importantly, the “most recent booster approval was granted in the absence of booster-specific clinical trial data performed in humans,” does not protect against the most dominant current COVID strain, and that the “federal government has not required COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to demonstrate their boosters prevent hospitalizations or death.”
“Additionally, the federal government has failed to provide sufficient data to support the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 boosters, or acknowledge previously demonstrated safety concerns associated with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, including: prolonged circulation of mRNA and spike protein in some vaccine recipients, increased risk of lower respiratory tract infections, and increased risk of autoimmune disease after vaccination,” it continues.
The guidance additionally “advises against the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines” and urges providers of patients 65 and older with underlying health conditions to prioritize access to “non-mRNA” treatment. …