Ron DeSantis Says Biden Administration’s Handling of J&J Vaccine ‘Huge Mistake’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday that the federal government’s handling of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was a “huge mistake,” as it caused confidence in the vaccine to plunge.

“We’re not helped in this regard by the behavior of some of these public health people, particularly in the federal government. I mean, how they handled the J&J was a huge mistake,” he said during a press conference.

DeSantis, a Republican, said the move by the Biden administration caused public confidence in vaccines to fall.

“I don’t know the information they have, but if you’re going to do that, you could have done that in a way that was not going to cause a lot of people to lose confidence,” he said. “If you look at how people view J&J now, the positive view plunged as a result.”

He also criticized the Biden administration for confusing messages on wearing masks.