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Orange County Health Director Raul Pino told his staff, "It is irresponsible not to be vaccinated." DeSantis administration is investigating
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, already facing criticism for downplaying the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations, has put on leave Orange County Health Director Dr. Raul Pino for encouraging his staff to get vaccinated.
Pino had written in a Jan. 4 email to his staff: “I have a hard time understanding how we can be in public health and not practice it,” WMFE, a public radio station in Orlando, reported.
In an email Wednesday to the USA TODAY Network-Florida, DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw referred to a health department statement on the decision to put Pino on leave:
“As the decision to get vaccinated is a personal medical choice that should be made free from coercion and mandates from employers, the employee in question has been placed on administrative leave, and the Florida Department of Health is conducting an inquiry to determine if any laws were broken in this case. The Department is committed to upholding all laws, including the ban on vaccine mandates for government employees and will take appropriate action once additional information is known.”
Pino’s email to his staff detailed that only 219 of his 568 staff members had received two doses. “I am sorry but in the absence of reasonable and real reasons it is irresponsible not to be vaccinated. We have been at this for two years, we were the first to give vaccines to the masses, we have done more than 300,000 and we are not even at 50% pathetic,” he wrote.
DeSantis and his state surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, have questioned the efficacy of masks and vaccines. The state’s Department of Health also has advised against testing for people who have no symptoms, stating, “COVID-19 testing is unlikely to have any clinical benefits.”
DeSantis, whose wife has been diagnosed with potentially immunity-compromising breast cancer, has also refused to say if he has received a vaccine booster. Last week, in an apparent swipe at DeSantis, former President Donald Trump called out “gutless” politicians who refuse to say if they’ve gotten a booster.
In its year-end message to the public, Florida’s Department of Health touted its success in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic but left unmentioned vaccinations, booster shots and masks – measures disease experts say offer the best chance of containing a pandemic now in its fourth deadly wave in the state.
Instead it focused on how the state had created a network of sites providing monoclonal antibody treatments to fight the novel coronavirus.
DeSantis also said Florida won’t be enforcing the Biden Administration’s mandatory vaccination policy for health care workers that was upheld last week by the U.S. Supreme Court. He reiterated his opposition to what he’s called “forced” vaccinations, saying, “In Florida, what we said was, nobody should be denied earning a living based on these jabs. That’s your choice. It’s a private choice. It is not something the government should be forcing.”
Lenny the Barber
Listening to the story of Lenny who cuts hair for elderly men in a care home. Many are suffering Alzheimers. Great story.
I remember when my grandmother had Alzheimers. My first child was only a few months old then, it was 1994. My mom wanted to take the baby to see grandmom, but in the end it was just mom and me. Vera didn't know I was her grandson, but something must have reminded her I was a soldier medic. Grandmom was a nurse in WWII. So we had a pretty cool conversation because I knew enough history, especially Army history, to at least keep the conversation going for her on that last visit.
When I had become a medic in 1990, grandmom still had all her marbles. She got me my first stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. I still have them.
‘Keep Dancing Orlando’ on 90.7 WMFE
Pulse survivor Orlando Torres reconnects with Timothy Stanley, the former Orlando SWAT officer who saved him.
The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. But at the time of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the plan was on hold and the bulletproof vests sat untouched.
I’m a finalist in 90.7 WMFE’s “Be Radio Active” T-shirt design contest. Please vote for my design by clicking on this Facebook link: https://tinyurl.com/ycw72ad3 and hitting the “like” button! (Do not “like” it on this post – that doesn’t count). Please spread the news! Each “like” on the design equals a vote. (Make sure you let folks know that they need to vote on the image in this album — “Likes” on shared images will not count.) The design with the most “Likes” will be produced on a limited-edition WMFE T-shirt. Voting closes Thursday, Sept. 7, and they’ll be promoting the voting on-air, on their website and on WMFE’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.
My submission to the #wmfe #beradioactive t-shirt contest. #npr Hopefully listeners like it. (at Mt Dora Stoneybrook Hls Properts LL)
Adam Bierman, our founder and managing partner, was on Orlando's public radio station this morning, talking about what Amendment 2 will mean for Florida.
