Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s federally-focused campaign against vaccines is entering a new phase with allies intent on rolling back school and health care facility mandates.
Anti-vaccines advocates are now targeting Louisiana, Texas and Idaho where they are pushing red state governors to follow Floridas lead in removing requirements in schools for students to get certain shots. But those advocates, emboldened by recent victories in state legislatures, face steep political obstacles within their own party that will reveal how far GOP state leaders are willing to go to support the anti-vaccine wing of the Republican party.
That test for Republican governors and state lawmakers comes as the vaccine debate crescendos in Washington this week, with the charged testimony of ousted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head Susan Monarez and the anticipated weakening of vaccine recommendations from its advisors. Kennedy had previously changed federal guidance advising Americans six months and older to get an annual Covid shot. The new guidance recommends it only for elderly people and those with underlying health conditions.
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