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Board members at Southwest District Health, outside of Boise, questioned the vaccine’s safety during their Oct. 22 meeting and narrowly voted to stop providing the shot in the six counties they serve.

Health departments in Texas, Florida and Michigan that led vaccination campaigns in their communities at the height of the pandemic have also pushed back against the COVID-19 vaccine.

Last year, Texas policymakers banned health departments and other organizations funded by the state government from using funds to promote their vaccination efforts.

The Florida Department of Health issued guidance in September warning Floridians not to get mRNA COVID-19 shots after Joseph Ladapo, the state's surgeon general, recommended people avoid them in 2023.

In Michigan, commissioners in Ottawa County turned down a $900,000 grant for their health department in September. Joe Moss, chair of the commission, said at the time he was “opposed to accepting any COVID grants,” according to the The Holland Sentinel. The revised budget came a year after threats to slash funding sparked local protests.

This is a deeply unserious country. doomjak

  • Clippy [comrade/them, he/him]
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    communism is when the government does stuff (vaccine campaigns). /jk

    but seriously, i would gamble that the general public has been primed to be distrustful of the government because of all its fuckery and capitalism exploitation with neoliberalism. top that with the corporations and their running dogs/lackeys wanting no covid precautions/fear because it affects revenue when people are taking precautions because of disease, (so they produce anti disease intervention propaganda).

    the entire economy runs on treats and buying random shit, so staying home and avoiding going out is bad for business, so the petite bourgeoisie are interested in reproducing this propaganda, and i would gamble most chuds are of this class if not labour aristocrats

    i think julia doubleday is some kind of marxist, check out her substack for more materialist orientated analysis (though i don't think it is explicit, since i think she is doing the whole crypto-marxist to get her work out)