Louisiana to End Mass Vaccine Promotion, Surgeon General Announces

The state’s surgeon general said he believes some of the ‘greatest missteps’ during COVID-19 were on vaccines.

A 13-year-old receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a registered nurse at the UHealth's pediatric mobile clinic in Miami, Fla., on May 17, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Louisiana Department of Health said it will no longer promote mass vaccination, according to a memo released by the state’s surgeon general this week.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health (LDH) confirmed that Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham had ordered his staff to stop engaging in media campaigns and community health fairs to encourage vaccinations and shared the memo with The Epoch Times on Friday.