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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 — and at most other public health entities in the U.S. — must stop.

NPR has confirmed the policy was discussed at this meeting, and at two other meetings held within the department's Office of Public Health, on Oct. 3 and Nov. 21, through interviews with four employees at the Department of Health, which employs more than 6,500 people and is the state's largest agency.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So promoting COVID, influenza and mpox is now the policy? "Department of Health" in the USA is starting to have the same ring as "Department of Peace" or "Department of Truth".

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Yeah, 1984 was just set 40 years too early.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're going to start needing state border checkpoints so that deadly diseases from states run by fucking idiots don't travel to states not run by fucking idiots.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

states not run by fucking idiots

Don't worry, it's hard to travel from LA to a place not run by idiots. I know you can't get there by car. You're going to need at least an airplane, maybe a starship.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

I mean, there's always going to be some regular idiots, but not all states are run by fucking idiots.

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Surgeon General Abraham also said "there's nothing wrong" with Louisiana conducting its own research into whether childhood vaccines cause autism.

Maybe check the shape of the earth again too. What do you mean, just check existing evidence?! We need to personally conduct research into everything, otherwise how can we be sure? I for one would love to know if the polio vaccine gives you superpowers. The people deserve to know.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

Wow, that's some next-level shithole antics.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

and would not be put in writing.

Too late.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just wear garlic around your neck and you will never catch a cold.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Asafœtida works better. Or Axe, since the whole point is to keep people 6 feet away.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

Just in time for bird flu.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

This is the Sharia Law they claim to fear lmao.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shouldn't health insurance companies be up in arms over this? Vaccines are usually much cheaper than paying for treatment. Unless they are planning to say that lack of vaccination makes it the patient's fault.

[–] RampageDon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why make no money off someone getting a preventative shot when you can force them to get expensive treatments after they get sick and deny most of the claims.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The hospital makes money on treatments, the health insurance makes money on avoiding treatments.

My (non-profit) statutory health insurance/Krankenkasse in Germany pays me to do yearly prophylactic checks every year for this reason.

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there a law against hospital and insurance shareholder being the same people?

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

The problem is that hospitals have shareholders

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago

"Whatever you do, you sure don't want to get this here set of vaccine shots, nope nope nope" while smiling and nodding head up and down.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Wow even flu shots. Madness.

[–] Nog00d@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It sure seems like these "officials" are actively making decisions to get people killed by easily-preventable diseases.

Trollies trollies everywhere

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

It's a much darker version of the Parks and Rec episode Sex Education. I hope this DoH has a Leslie Knope...