Promoting Covid, Flu Vaccines to Public Quietly Banned by Louisiana Department of Health: 'Unconscionable'

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December 20, 2024, 8:48 PM

• •Louisiana public health officials are no longer permitted to promote vaccines to members of the public.
• •The policy was considered during two Louisiana Department of Health meetings held on Oct. 3 and Nov. 21.
• •The policy comes after President-Elect Donald Trump named former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Louisiana public health officials are no longer permitted to promote vaccines, including those against illnesses such as COVID-19 and the flu, to members of the public in a new policy that was covertly implemented in the state. The policy comes after President-Elect Donald Trump named former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr., a known anti-vaxxer, has frequently perpetuated myths about vaccines including one debunked conspiracy theory that points to vaccines as the cause of autism amongst children.

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