Anti-Vaxxer Movement Infects Republicans In States

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Anti-Vaxxer Movement Infects Republicans In States

May 28, 2019 at 11:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 86 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/28/anti-vaxxer-movement-infects-republicans-in-states/

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Politico: “Among some of these officials, that libertarian demand for medical freedom has displaced the traditional GOP view that it’s a civic responsibility to immunize your kids to prevent the spread of disease. As more politicians take an anti-mandate stand, some end up adopting bogus theories about the supposed harms of vaccination — threatening to roll back one of public health’s great achievements.”

“In Kentucky, Gov. Matt Bevin said vaccine mandates were un-American. In Oregon, the state party used vaccine mandates to bash Democrats as violating parental rights. And in the California Senate, all 10 Republicans last Wednesday opposed a measure aimed at stopping bogus medical exemptions from vaccination.”

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What are they up to?

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1. Nothing good for humanity, that's for sure.

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2. Is it a wedge issue to separate democrats from each other during election season?

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Just wait until a disease strikes massively. It's a matter of time, and then no excuses can be...

allowed since the vaccines are out there (measles is a good example). Polio was the nightmare disease of my childhood and I had family members (a cousin) impacted. The cousin is fine now, limps a bit, but gets around good and has made a good living w/ family too, and has vast amounts of energy which I admire. Not being dense or anything of the sort, but vaccines are pretty reasonable in cost too, perhaps free for some of us. Also, I do know of vaccine drives where they provide free vaccines to those who come (Barnes Jewish, other hospitals provide occasionally).

Is this where the rights of the person overwhelm the rights of society to be protected against such diseases? I don't know but the repugs are making this an issue and it shouldn't be, since medical professionals by an overwhelming percentage have said that vaccines are safe.