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VOLUME 100, No. 175 STAY CONNECTED BRADENTON.COM FACEBOOK.COM/BRADENTONHERALDNEWS TWITTER.COM/BRADENTONHERALD MANATEE COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1922 TUESDAY MARCH 8 2022 $2.50 In paper LOCAL: Florida Senate passes election law calling for a new security office under control. 7A DAVID SANTIAGO Mostly sunny See 8A committed to providing the essential journalism you need. Find the content important to you inside. CUSTOMER SERVICE 800-748-6666 Subscribers get extra pages free in our daily digital eEdition.

A one-time activation is the key. Scan the code at left with the camera on your mobile phone or go to bradenton.com/digitalaccess. TodayinXtra Living Subscribers have access to this additional bonus content online at bradenton.com/eedition/ xtraliving. You have to love or hate your body how you can adopt the idea of County Register file illustration DIGITAL READERS GET MORE TALLAHASSEE The Florida Department of Health is poised to officially recommend against giving coronavirus vaccines to healthy children. Surgeon General Joseph La- dapo made the pronouncement at a Monday roundtable dis- cussion on coronavirus miti- gation policies moderated by Gov.

Ron DeSantis. Ladapo, who leads Department of Health, said his recommendation would be the first of its kind in the country. The announcement came after a 90-minute discussion among 10 doctors and re- searchers rebuking the benefits of various coronavirus miti- gation measures such as vac- cine mandates, mask require- ments and business and school closures, saying instead those policies only caused harm. It immediately clear JOSE A IGLESIAS Florida Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, left, at a Jan. 3 press conference at Broward Health Medical Center, as Gov.

Ron DeSantis, right, listens. Health official contradicts CDC recommendation for healthy kids BY EMILY L. MAHONEY AND KIRBYWILSON Tallahassee Bureau SEE HEALTHY KIDS, 2A Rep. Carlos Gimenez and Sen. Marco Rubio, two Republicans from Florida, last week intro- duced the Preventing Usurpa- tion of Power and Privileges by Extralegal Sedition Act, or PUPPETS Act, to target the pro-Russian separatist groups in eastern Ukraine whose WASHINGTON Florida lawmakers have pro- posed a slew of new sanctions and other measures in response to invasion of Ukraine.

conflict with the Ukrainian gov- ernment in Kyiv was used by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a pretext for the in- vasion. The bill would designate the so-called Donetsk Re- public and Luhansk Republic as foreign terrorist organizations and sanction any individuals that assist in estab- lishing puppet governments in Ukraine. antics of fomenting political instability through proxy militias and puppet gov- ernments is textbook terrorism. time for the United States to put a stop to crony sep- aratist groups from undermining sovereignty and de- legitimizing the Ukrainian peo- Gimenez, the former may- or of Miami-Dade County, said in a statement. Gimenez has also crafted legislation to ban Russian air- craft from U.S.

airspace, a move President Joe administration made on its own last week. Miami is one of four U.S. destinations to which the Russian airline Aeroflot provid- ed direct service from Moscow Republicans pursue sanctions after invasion of Ukraine BY BRYAN LOWRY SEE SANCTIONS, 2A Should kids get vaccinated against COVID-19? The Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention, which is the official health agency of the Unit- ed States, recommends everyone 5 and older get vaccinated against the disease to help keep them and others safe. So does the American Academy of Pediatrics. Many doctors across the country, including in South Florida, have also been recom- mending vaccinations.

However, Florida Department of Health Surgeon General Jo- seph Ladapo announced Monday during a roundtable discussion on COVID-19 mitigation policies that the state will no longer be recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy kids. He said it would be the first recommen- dation of its kind in the country. Multiple speakers said that one of the reasons kids need vaccines is because of natural immunity since many school children had already been in- fected with COVID-19, according to the Miami Bay Times Tallahassee Bureau. The decision pits Florida again against the CDC. The policy difference also puts par- ents in a difficult position: Should you follow the recommendations of the CDC? Or follow health department? The following are frequently asked questions on what the CDC says about COVID-19 vac- cines for kids.

Details about Flor- guidelines are still scarce. And if you have any questions, speak with your pediatrician. FL goes against CDC in vaccine requirements for healthy kids BY MICHELLE MARCHANTE SEE COVID VACCINES, 2A.