I grew up in a dictatorship, and now I’m a public health expert. Mandatory immunization keeps us all safe.
Sen. Rand Paul speaks about vaccines before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday. By Saad B. Omer Saad B. Omer Bio Follow Saad B Omer is the William H. Foege chair in global health and a professor of global health, epidemiology and pediatrics at Emory University. March 8 at 1:02 PM Vaccines are one of the most important advances in public health of the last two centuries.
My perspective on Paul’s comments is shaped both by my research into public health, epidemiology and immunization, and by my experience as a naturalized U.S. citizen who immigrated here after spending most of my childhood living under a dictatorship. I don’t take questions of personal liberty lightly. But Paul is wrong.
But what does “difficult” mean in the context of vaccine exemptions? Essentially, it means requiring administrative steps to get exemptions. For example, some states make parents provide a letter stating why vaccination is against their personal or religious beliefs. In other states, parents seeking nonmedical exemptions are required to go through physician counseling. Another option is requiring parents to watch an online educational video.
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