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U.S. States Start Sharp Divisions on Vaccines
West Coast states are forming their own vaccine compact as Florida announces plans to ditch shot requirements for schoolchildren
Separately, The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a news release saying that Florida’s plan “would undermine decades of public health progress and place children and communities at increased risk for diseases such as measles, mumps, polio, and chickenpox resulting in serious illness, disability, and even death. A news release about the decision cited “leadership changes, reduced transparency, and the sidelining of long-trusted advisory bodies” at the CDC and said that the state alliance “will allow residents to receive consistent, science-based recommendations they can rely on—regardless of shifting federal actions.” If you subscribe to Scientific American, you help ensure that our coverage is centered on meaningful research and discovery; that we have the resources to report on the decisions that threaten labs across the U.S.; and that we support both budding and working scientists at a time when the value of science itself too often goes unrecognized.
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