This was a response to much contact with his office and multiple conversations with his staff.-
Thank you for contacting my office regarding your opposition to SB 277 (Pan) relating to vaccinations. I appreciate you taking the time to write me on issues mattering most to you. The recent outbreak of measles has caused many to believe we are now seeing the effect of California’s “exemption” clause. This has now prompted debate of our state’s policy on the issue and has materialized into SB 277 which will mandate vaccines for public school children by eliminating the personal exemption clause. Having heard both sides of the vaccine debate in my role as a member of the Senate Education Committee, I do not believe the current outbreak of measles warrants elimination of the personal exemption. While I am sensitive to the needs of immune compromised individuals, the reality is some vaccines (such as the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine) wear off after time. Some vaccines actually make the person vaccinated contagious for a while (i.e. the Chicken Pox vaccine). We also have a large immigrant and tourist population who are not vaccinated. To that end, an elimination of the personal exemption is not in and of itself helpful to those who are immune compromised. A parent having a child with a compromised immune system would be negligent to place their child in a public school or public amusement park without expecting diseases to be transmitted. With all that said, I value vaccines and the medical advances that have created a plethora of vaccines available to protect us from many horrible diseases. I have even inoculated myself and my family. However, the current rules of inoculation, in my estimation, are not broken, and are serving us well. I have not yet heard a compelling argument that would warrant my trading the personal choice of parents to an over-reach of governmental authority. Bottom line is preserving the freedom of choice is outweighing the need for this measure. I think both sides of the argument can be protected by educating people to the realities of vaccines not mandating them. Rest assured, your thoughts on this issue was logged and taken into consideration. Once again, thank you for contacting me. If I may be of further assistance on this or any other state-related matter, please do not hesitate to contact me at either of my offices. It is an honor to represent you in the State Senate. Sincerely, Bob Huff |
#1 by Stefanie Adam on May 13, 2015 - 4:59 pm
Senator Huff,
When I was a kid in the 80’s I got 10 vaccinations, tops.
If anything went wrong with them, we could sue for damages,
despite there being no cures for vaccine damage, which is permanent. I turned out fine with nothing more than a case of the chicken pox @ age 12. No Asthma, no autoimmune disease.
Now in 2015 The state wants us to take 60 (6 times what I got as a kid) vaccinations. These vaccinations carry no liability, are not tested for safety or if they even work. It is known that vaccines can cause injury and death. There are no studies showing how taking all these vaccines in combinations are safe.
There are now 300+ vaccines in the pipelines of PHARMA. The people pushing these vaccines want to make money. They have a captive market with NO LIABILITY. They don’t even have to make a good product and they aren’t, look at the skyrocketing rates of Autism and autoimmune disease in direct correlation with vaccination dates. This is no coincidence. Parents have their children at stake. It is not the job of one child to vaccinate themself to protect everyone else. If one cares to vaccinate, it must be a choice, because no one is responsible for the harm caused,….except for the devastated parents. I am one of those parents.
Would you play Russian Roulette with your child’s life?
Would you play Russian Roulette with your own life?
173 people got the measles at Disneyland. No one died.
More than 300 people have died since 2005 from just the measles vaccination.
We will never be able to protect everyone all the time.
But I will never trade liberty for security.