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Griffin Blocks Covid Vaccines, Judge Halts Panel Vote

8/18/2026

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In December, Governor Jeff Landry named Dr. Evelyn Griffin state surgeon general.
After vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the Covid shot “the deadliest vaccine ever made,” he appointed Griffin, who had testified five years earlier against adding Covid vaccines to school schedules, to federal immunization advisory panel last September.
On the panel, Griffin voted to limit Covid-vaccine access and end newborn hepatitis B shots, a decision a federal judge later blocked.

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In December, Governor Jeff Landry named Dr. Evelyn Griffin state surgeon general.
After vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the Covid shot “the deadliest vaccine ever made,” he appointed Griffin, who had testified five years earlier against adding Covid vaccines to school schedules, to federal immunization advisory panel last September.
On the panel, Griffin voted to limit Covid-vaccine access and end newborn hepatitis B shots, a decision a federal judge later blocked.