How the Republican governor is turning the swing state into a right-wing laboratory.
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Florida Didn’t Preorder Vaccine Doses for Youngest Children, State Says
It was not immediately clear how much the State Health Department’s decision not to take part in distributing the pediatric shots would impede access to them in Florida in the coming days.
Culture War, Redux
How did L.G.B.T. rights again become the subject of a culture war?
Against C.D.C. Advice, Florida to Advise Against Covid Vaccines for Healthy Children
The C.D.C. has urged parents to get their eligible children vaccinated. “Covid-19 can make children very sick and cause children to be hospitalized,” the agency’s website says.
Florida Board of Education Punishes 8 Districts Over Mask Mandates
Thursday’s decision means that the districts could face cutbacks that are equal to their school board members’ salaries for requiring students and staff to wear masks.
How In-Person Teaching Is Affecting U.S. Covid Outbreaks in Schools
School reopenings tend to do well in areas with high vaccination rates, but the picture is very different for schools in areas with lower rates.
Texas Takes Fight Over Mask Mandates to State’s Top Court
After judges in the San Antonio and Dallas areas ruled to uphold locally issued mask mandates, the state’s attorney general took a case to the state’s top court.
DeSantis Bans Agencies, Businesses From Requiring ‘Vaccine Passports’ in Florida
The Biden administration has made clear that it will neither issue nor require so-called vaccine passports, but Republicans have seized on the issue as an example of government overreach.
California and Florida Prepare to Give Vaccine Access to All Adults
Vaccine eligibility is opening up across the country.