lorida has been a state for “firsts” since the pandemic arrived on the scene, and March 7 was no exception, as state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced that his office will recommend against the COVID-19 vaccines for “healthy children.”
Maija C. Hahn, an autism specialist and certified speech-language pathologist, said she is “appalled” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would quietly lower long-held pediatric language expectations by “normalizing” significant language delays.
In response to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mask mandates in some of the last holdouts will finally be discarded as America seeks to emerge from the COVID-19 policies that have dominated political discourse for the last two years.
Vaccine passport and masking requirements in New York City will be lifted on Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday, including the city's school mask mandate and vaccination requirements for restaurants, entertainment venues, and other public indoor spaces.
Florida’s governor called out the “ridiculous” nature of “COVID theater” when there were those standing behind him with a mask on ahead of his press conference on Wednesday.
New York is lifting its statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren on March 2, after months of debate and demands from New Yorkers who have been fighting for their kids’ right to attend school without wearing a face covering.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., publicly announced Monday that the Florida National Guard would not deploy to Washington D.C. for the State of the Union address on Tuesday.
