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Florida health official placed on leave after encouraging employees to get vaccinated
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Raul Pino, state health officer in Florida's Orange County, speaks about the coronavirus infection rate in the county during a news briefing at the Orange County Administration Building on Aug. 9. (Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)
By Timothy Bella
Yesterday at 10:21 a.m. EST


The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday placed a top official on administrative leave after he allegedly encouraged employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Raul Pino, director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, sent an email to employees earlier this month that was critical of the agency’s vaccination rate. Pino, a leading figure in the public response to the pandemic in the Orlando area, noted that only 77 of the 568 staffers had received booster shots and 219 employees had gotten two doses of coronavirus vaccines, according to WFTV, which first reported the story.-- excerpt, rest at link above --