Florida state board removed pediatrician who advocated children under 5 get the COVID-19 vaccine

A Florida pediatrician has been removed from a state health board for pushing for under-5s to receive COVID vaccines – and accusing her colleagues of ‘obstructing’ access to the shots.

Dr. Lisa Gwynn, who works as a pediatrician in the University of Miami Health System, revealed she’d been ousted from her role on the Florida Healthy Kids Board June 29, and took to Twitter to share her outrage. 

‘On the same day that we began administering COVID-19 vaccine to infants and children under 5, I was removed from the Florida Healthy Kids Board for advocating for equitable access for the underserved and for pediatricians. Disappointing.’ 

Gwynn was told on Wednesday that she was being removed from her position on the Florida Healthy Kids Board of directors because of ‘some very political…