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“I’m incredibly concerned for families living in Florida, including my own, who will be at risk due to the decision by their state to end all vaccine mandates for school children. The DeSantis administration decided to legitimize anti-vaccine conspiracies and play politics with public health. This puts countless Florida kids and vulnerable individuals in danger of contracting diseases we’ve wiped out, like measles and polio, while endangering the rest of the country. Through immeasurable loss of life, we learned that communicable diseases do not have borders.
"Despite the current HHS Secretary RFK Jr. fearmongering for years against vaccines, removing these requirements will cause increased rates of disease and increased healthcare costs for us all. This is happening at a time when healthcare funding is being plundered by the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest among us. I fear that other states will follow suit and we will all feel the consequences of a country with reduced herd immunity.
"Given the incredibly dangerous vacuum of expertise at the CDC and the clear disdain for science demonstrated by the Trump administration, New York State must forge its own public health path. The recent alliance established by California, Oregon, and Washington, which will work in tandem to review data to guide their public health policies, should serve as an example of the direction that states that trust science should follow. I urge Governor Hochul and Commissioner McDonald to explore similarly assertive measures to protect New Yorkers from the threat of this federal administration and rogue state leaders ignoring decades of scientific research and knowledge. I will be working closely with my colleagues to pursue policies that address these challenges head on."
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