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Has Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said she opposes all vaccines?

By Ngan Nguyen
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Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for Arizona governor, has not explicitly stated that she opposes all vaccines, as some have claimed. However, she has repeatedly expressed her opposition to mandates involving the COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for children.
In a campaign message recorded at Arizona State University in 2021, Lake called such mandates “unscientific and tyrannical.” At an October 2022 campaign event, she said she would fight COVID-19 vaccine requirements for students “with every fiber in (her) being.”
“This is an experimental shot. Our children are not guinea pigs,” Lake told the crowd. “We’re not going to force our precious healthy children to get a shot that is already proving to be not only ineffective, it’s also proving to be very dangerous.”
The Centers for Disease Control has deemed COVID-19 vaccines both safe and effective for adults and children.

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The Kari Lake Say no to vaccine passports and mask mandates
Vaughn Hillyard Kari Lake last night on potential COVID vaccine requirement for a kid to attend school
Centers for Disease Control Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines
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