WASHINGTON – Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry took exception to U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s suggestion that the state surgeon general could easily get around recent federal hurdles for everyday people trying to access the COVID vaccine.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week proposed new restrictions for the COVID vaccine, which many pharmacies have interpreted as requiring prescriptions.

Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, recommended surgeon general Ralph Abraham write a “blanket prescription” that would allow drug stores to handle the inoculations as they did in the past.

Landry, a Republican, wrote on X : “The last time I checked you have a prescription pad, why don’t you just leave a prescription for the dangerous Covid shot at your district office and anyone can swing by and get one!

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