A department spokesperson confirmed Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham had ordered his staff to stop engaging in media campaigns and community health fairs to encourage vaccinations, even as the state has experienced a surge in influenza.

Abraham’s announcement occurred the same day vaccine skepticRobert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in by the U.S. Senate to serve as President Donald Trump’s health secretary.

In a separate letter posted on the department’s website, Louisiana’s surgeon general decried “blanket government mandates” for vaccines and criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 vaccination push. Individuals should make their own decisions about vaccinations, Abraham said.

  • Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
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    7 days ago

    Saying you are so closed up on your opinion is whats the difference between us because i am happy to change my mind, if im wrong.

    You on the other hand treat it like a religion because no matter what you’re not gonna change.

    We forget how horrible some of these diseases were because we dont live with them anymore. They got erradicated because of vaccines.

    If we, as a collective, dont get vaccinate they may come back at some point and then many people die because of stupid decisions like yours.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah I don’t change my mind on this. I will take the vaccines when there are no side effects.