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.

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    And that’s a weird way to react as well, telling people to touch grass.

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      You felt his reaction was appropriate but I was the one reacting strange? :)

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              I mean, the equivalent of blocking someone in real life is just not having contact with them. It happened to me a few times, but always over things like having nothing incommon. Never over these topics. I feel like the reaction online is 100 times over the top. :)