A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.
Instead, they were told by an assistant secretary in the department and another official that department leadership had a new policy: Advertising or otherwise promoting the COVID, influenza or mpox vaccines, an established practice there — a nd at most other public health entities in the U.S. — must stop.
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According to the employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they fear losing their jobs or other forms of retaliation, the policy would be implemented quietly and would not be put in writing.
Staffers were also told that it applies to every aspect of the health department's work: 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.
So go ahead, live in Louisiana, and let the good times roll. Maybe you won't die fron an infectious disease. Hell, those idiots will probably discontinue food safety indpections because Bobby Brainworm might conclude they're based too heavily on science.
And all illnesses in that shithole of a state will be treated by blood-letting and prayer, no doubt.
Republicans in the second quarter of the 21st Century are morons.
Look at the bright side. Their self inflicted self annihilation will thin
ReplyDeletethe heard of the idiots and stupids. The rest of us can point at them
and say look... we told you so.
They will be the example, the first, and a target of of dark laughter.
Eck!