Commissioner ADLP then travels with school attorney

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Don’t put those masks away just yet.

New variants and increased activity bourne from the confidence of mass vaccinations and lower infection rates have led to another surge in COVID cases nationwide. And Miami-Dade, where there are six confirmed cases of the omicron variant so far, is no exception.

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Add another chief of something to the growing cabinet of Democrat castaways that Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava is building around her administration. Former Florida Emergency Management Director and State Rep. Jared Moscowitz is now our Chief COVID Officer.

Well, that’s not his official title but it’s what he is. He is officially just a “special advisor” and will work with the county’s emergency management team and “COVID leadership” — we have a COVID leadership? — to advise on our vaccination, testing and overall COVID response strategy.

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As Miami-Dade grapples with a new COVID-19 surge — and children aged 5 to 17 account for 15% of new infections — kids 12 and over can get a vaccine Friday, along with book bags and other school supplies, at a back-to-school book bag giveaway hosted by Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne McGhee.

As far as Ladra can tell, he is the first county commissioner to offer COVID vaccines at a back-to-school event in a community that has become polarized over whether students should be mandated to wear masks. But McGhee told Ladra that any Miami-Dade student that shows up will get a shot, while supplies last.

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