Louisiana bars health dept. from promoting flu, COVID, mpox vaccines: Report

[LiberalArkie]

DEC 20, 2024 9:58 AM

Louisiana's health department has been barred from advertising or promoting vaccines for flu, COVID-19, and mpox, according to reporting by NPR, KFF Health News, and New Orleans Public Radio WWNO.

Their investigative report—based on interviews with multiple health department employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation—revealed that employees were told of the startling policy change in meetings in October and November and that the policy would be implemented quietly and not put into writing.

Ars Technica has contacted the health department for comment and will update this post with any new information.

The health department provided a statement to NPR saying that it has been "reevaluating both the state's public health priorities as well as our messaging around vaccine promotion, especially for COVID-19 and influenza." The statement described the change as a move "away from one-size-fits-all paternalistic guidance" to a stance in which "immunization for any vaccine, along with practices like mask wearing and social distancing, are an individual's personal choice."

According to employees, the new policy cancelled standard fall flu vaccination events this year and affects every other aspect of the health department's work, as NPR explained:

"Employees could not send out press releases, give interviews, hold vaccine events, give presentations or create social media posts encouraging the public to get the vaccines. They also could not put up signs at the department's clinics that COVID, flu or mpox vaccines were available on site."

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[Walleye]

1. I really don't understand the right wing anti-vaxers

They must know they are putting their own children at risk. The same children, they use as an excuse to oppress the rest of us all the time. But then maybe they don’t like their children. they’re so pro-gun

[underpants]

4. Dear Leader not like. Everything is a lie. All government bad.

That’s the mentality. Even though Trump basically remarkably didn’t screw up and get in the way of the COVID vaccine he still didn’t take credit for it. The media would have give along with his new history but everything COVID related is bad according to what the cult is told.

[Walleye]

7. Trump did turn out to be pretty weak-kneed when it came to the Covid vaccine which he bragged about getting invented

In fact, we should play it up how weak he was about the vaccines. Could’ve saved a lot of lives if he hadn’t gone off on quack cures. Of course, we know that the vaccine is not just for the benefit of the person who gets it. But that’s real socialistic to the right wingers I guess. You’re getting a shot to benefit humanity. They don’t like that. In their mind weak people should just die.

[underpants]

8. His whole approach was "It's not my fault"

Which no one thought it was. Everything around him must be right. Anything else (he thinks) makes him look bad. That’s my main concern with his 2nd term - some underling can rope him in to something and he can’t NOT support it or it would look bad.

[Walleye]

9. He is a bundle of dangerous hangups. And I think he's in his dotage

I’ve never seen a grown man so susceptible to flattery. Cheap flattery at that.

[patphil]

6. Turns out that the Republicans are pro-fetus, but actually anti-human life.

They keep looking for ways to kill people, especially children.
I expect you'll see outbreaks of covid, measles, diptheria, small pox, chicken pox and others in Louisiana within the next couple of years.
And, Louisiana has the highest child and teen rate of death by firearm in the nation.

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/child-and-teen-firearm-mortality-in-the-u-s-and-peer-countries/

Scroll down to the graph and note that NY and NJ have the lowest rates, while Louisiana is the highest. Also take a look at the states that are on the right hand side of the graph...Mississippi and Alabama are 2nd and 3rd highest.
You can draw your own conclusions.

[Walleye]

10. That's because when they say America, they are thinking of the land, not the people

[CousinIT]

2. Coming soon to all of America under Wormbrain. nt

[underpants]

3. Meanwhile Ohio to charge $75/hour for police and jail videos

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143360190

[Dave Bowman]

5. No beed to be Nostradamus to predict a pandemic for the near future because of their stupidity.