cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15861618
(USA)
Some lawmakers across the country are working to sidestep vaccine mandates, not just for COVID-19, but also for measles, polio and meningitis. Public health experts worry the renewed opposition to childhood immunizations will reverse state gains in vaccination rates. Meanwhile, cases of some diseases, including measles, have increased across the country.
We’re against the government telling us what to do with our own bodies. – Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy Edmonston
“Conservatives have really moved towards that medical freedom position of where people need to be really educated about whatever vaccine that they are taking,” said Tennessee state Sen. Bo Watson, who sponsored his state’s legislation.
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In the course of my work recently I was made aware of a child hospitalized with measles who had had her vaccines. That to me is also terrifying.
This is why herd immunity levels of vaccination are required.