Senate committee clears vaccination bill amid right-wing friction

The Senate’s Education Committee on Tuesday approved by a 12-5 vote a watered-down bill mandating a vaccination program in public schools, after lawmakers allied with the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration caved to the moral panic of the anti-vax far-right close to former President Jair Bolsonaro. The bill will proceed to a floor vote.
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