Florida officials on March 7 said the state would be the first to formally recommend healthy children not get a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, made the announcement during a roundtable discussion titled “The Curtain Close on COVID Theater.” “The Florida Department of Health is going to be the first state [department] to officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children,” Ladapo said. The planned update didn’t appear to be on the department’s website on Monday and the agency declined to share more details. COVID-19 vaccines “are the most effective tools to protect your health and prevent the spread of disease,” a page on the site says, adding that the vaccines “are safe, free, and highly effective, including against known variants.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment, currently recommends virtually all children aged 5 and older …