What Ronald Reagan Can Teach Us About Vaccine Policy
Ronald Reagan essentially starved the Federal program for childhood immunization, which led to lower vaccine rates and deadly outbreaks of measles. Let’s not allow history to repeat itself.
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Vaccines are Necessary
Until a disease is eradicated, vaccines at herd immunity levels remain necessary to keep it from returning and causing outbreaks.
New Vaccine Laws and Mandates
Vaccine mandate laws are expanding as we are seeing more outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases.
When Measles Epidemics Would Close Schools
While you likely don’t remember when large epidemics of measles would close schools, it’s a reminder that measles wasn’t thought of as the mild disease that some claim it was.