{"id":41865,"date":"2021-11-03T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=41865"},"modified":"2021-11-03T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:37:15","slug":"trump-surgeon-general-says-he-plans-to-vaccinate-11-year-old-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=41865","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP SURGEON GENERAL SAYS HE PLANS TO VACCINATE 11-YEAR-OLD SOON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Former Surgeon General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/lzdqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmggjwmh_grncrrgygdctgrmlmgrt.html?a=&amp;b=44154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/lzdqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmggjwmh_grncrrgygdctgrmlmgrt.html?a%3D%26b%3D44154&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636065878247000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BFKLihNDWhgMZUYyT3EY-\">Jerome Adams<\/a>\u00a0says he will get his 11-year-old daughter vaccinated as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adams, who served in former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dspszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwthhcdpg_grncrrgygdctgrmlmgrt.html?a=&amp;b=44154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dspszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwthhcdpg_grncrrgygdctgrmlmgrt.html?a%3D%26b%3D44154&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636065878247000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3LtteSlvNd3RjJXFQabwHP\">President Trump<\/a>&#8216;s administration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/frdrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldhhjgsd_grncrrgygdctgrmlmgrt.html?a=&amp;b=44154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/frdrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldhhjgsd_grncrrgygdctgrmlmgrt.html?a%3D%26b%3D44154&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636065878247000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2_zgMTcY1ZtQDO5ixkTSUw\">told The Dallas Morning News<\/a>\u00a0that both of his sons are vaccinated, and that he planned on vaccinating his daughter once children are eligible.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m a doctor, a former lab researcher, a public health expert \u2014 but I\u2019m also a dad,\u201d Adams told the newspaper. \u201cAnd COVID was the No. 6 leading cause of death in this country for children in September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adams has been vocal about the need for vaccinations and allowing public health officials to make decisions amid orders barring local authorities from imposing mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaking to the Dallas newspaper, Adams said it bothered him that local leaders are having their authority taken away for political reasons and that people who are not vaccinated are being demonized.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe need Trump people and Biden people to get vaccinated,\u201d Adams said. \u201cWe need to engage them all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Surgeon General\u00a0Jerome Adams\u00a0says he will&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41866,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41865\/revisions\/41866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}