LA Forbids Public Health Workers from Promoting COVID, Flu, and Mpox Vaccines

[iluvatar5150]

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots : Shots - Health News

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/12/20/nx-s1-5223440/louisiana-ban-public-health-promoting-covid-flu-mpox-vaccines-landry-rfk-jr-anti-vaccine

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.

At the third meeting, on Nov. 21, the STD/HIV/Hepatitis program at the department held a staff meeting where more than 80 employees learned of the ban on promoting COVID, mpox and flu vaccines, according to two staff members. Employees were also told the policy would not be put in writing.

When staff asked whether the policy applied to hepatitis B vaccinations, they were told "there was no official response to that yet," said a staff member who attended the meeting.

 

[Hammster]

Why is this news?

 

[iluvatar5150]

Why is this news?

Because it’s a significant shift in the state’s approach towards public health and has the potential to lead to greater illness, death, and lost productivity in a state that already does poorly on those metrics.

 

[Hammster]

Because it’s a significant shift in the state’s approach towards public health and has the potential to lead to greater illness, death, and lost productivity in a state that already does poorly on those metrics.

How will it lead to greater illness or death?

 

[iluvatar5150]

How will it lead to greater illness or death?

Note that I said that it had the potential to do that, not that it was guaranteed to.

These diseases harm people and the vaccines are effective at reducing the spread and severity of those diseases. By not encouraging people to get the vaccines, fewer people will likely get them.

 

[Hammster]

Note that I said that it had the potential to do that, not that it was guaranteed to.

These diseases harm people and the vaccines are effective at reducing the spread and severity of those diseases. By not encouraging people to get the vaccines, fewer people will likely get them.

Ah. People are stupid. Got it.

 

[Aaron112]

Ah. People are stupid. Got it.

Is that why people came up with 'scientivic method', to defend the indefensible !? A god instead of God.

 

[Aaron112]

Do you rather have an approach that practically eliminates health problems ?

Because it’s a significant shift in the state’s approach towards public health and has the potential to lead to greater illness, death, and lost productivity in a state that already does poorly on those metrics.

 

[Desk trauma]

Do you rather have an approach that practically eliminates health problems ?

Like vaccinating against them? Yes, sure do.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Ah. People are stupid. Got it.

They are, but I don’t see how that follows from what I said.

 

[Hammster]

They are, but I don’t see how that follows from what I said.

Stupid people need big government to keep them healthy. The Left Utopia.

 

[Aaron112]

And they are made sicker every day, and their offspring too. Always harmful shots are used extensively, everywhere, daily. "free"

Stupid people need big government to keep them healthy. The Left Utopia.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Stupid people need big government to keep them healthy. The Left Utopia.

Are people perfect? Are they not forgetful? Are they not sometimes ill-informed? Do they not sometimes make poor choices? In what kind of right-wing fever dream do folks not sometimes need (or even just able to benefit from) guidance?

 

[Aaron112]

A few are. This is noted by Scripture, by YHVH, and Jesus says it is necessary because our Father in heaven is perfect.

Are people perfect?

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Some are.

Are they not forgetful?

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Not only sometimes, but most are on the forum every day of their existence. (so far)

Are they not sometimes ill-informed?

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Most often most people do this.

Do they not sometimes make poor choices?

In what kind of right-wing fever dream do folks not sometimes need (or even just able to benefit from) guidance?

 

[Hammster]

Are people perfect? Are they not forgetful? Are they not sometimes ill-informed? Do they not sometimes make poor choices? In what kind of right-wing fever dream do folks not sometimes need (or even just able to benefit from) guidance?

Sometimes people do need that. Then they grow up and become adults.

 

[Pommer]

Sometimes people do need that. Then they grow up and become adults.

But isn’t there always going to be a (fairly large) contingent of the population who‘d fit better in the former category?

 

[Hammster]

But isn’t there always going to be a (fairly large) contingent of the population who‘d fit better in the former category?

What, children?

 

[Pommer]

What, children?

People who have yet to “grow up and become adults”, which isn’t necessarily tied to chronological age.

 

[Hammster]

People who have yet to “grow up and become adults”, which isn’t necessarily tied to chronological age.

Oh, the outliers.

 

[Say it aint so]

Ah. People are stupid. Got it.

Yes, and apparently they are guiding Louisiana health policies.