Sources: State health officer Pino placed on administrative leave after vaccination email

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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-raul-pino-administrative-leave-20220118-urh66o22kre2voe3kockmfoz3q-story.html

Dr. Raul Pino, who became a trusted voice of the pandemic response in the nation’s tourist capital, has been placed on administrative leave from his post as the state’s chief health officer in Orange County as the Florida Department of Health conducts an investigation.

Sources who spoke to the Orlando Sentinel on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss Pino’s status said he was placed on administrative leave after a Health Department employee complained about an email he sent Jan. 4 to agency staff about employee vaccination rates.

Pino, 58, declined to discuss the Health Department’s action, but an agency spokesperson confirmed his status.

“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,” spokesperson Weesam Khoury said in an email Tuesday. “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 crime: encouraging Health Department staff to get vaccinated.

[guillaumeb]

1. "Thoughtcrime" is bad enough, but actually taking a stand based on science is too far. eom

[marybourg]

2. This is not The Onion, right?

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Who needs Death Panels when you have a Death Party?

Why stop here? Why don't Republicans outlaw vaccines?