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The Great Vaccine Debate is just beginning
Statesman Journal February 28, 2015 By Ruben Navarrette Jr. SAN DIEGO — The absurdity of the vaccine debate has come into focus. We've become familiar with the concept of "herd immunity" — the assumption that, if enough people are vaccinated against a communicable...
Oregon considers banning most vaccine exemptions
Washington Post February 28, 2015 Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — Jennifer Margulis has her kids vaccinated and she gets shots herself. But she doesn’t like the idea of government telling parents they must get their children immunized. That’s why she spoke at a recent...
The Truth About Oregon’s Vaccination Rates and Senate Bill 442–3
Guest Columnist Medium February 28, 2015 An October 14, 2014 article from The Oregonian told a familiar story line that is now being used to push through an “emergency” measure in Oregon—Senate Bill 442–3—that would remove both philosophical and religious vaccination...
Letters to the Editor
Medical decisions are 'personal' -- but only for Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, apparently The Oregonian February 26, 2015 Vaccines, personal decisions: Regarding "Banning most school vaccine exemptions a wise public move," (Feb. 23): Whether you believe vaccines are...
Meeting on vaccine mandate bill canceled
Oregon legislators have canceled a meeting to discuss a bill that would eliminate nonmedical exemptions from Oregon's school immunization law, after it became clear that a controversial vaccine researcher who linked the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine with autism was...
Anti-vaccination parents explain their perspectives: ‘We are not anti-science’
OregonLive By The Associated Press One is a businesswoman and an MBA graduate. Another is a corporate vice president. The third is a registered nurse. These three mothers -- all of them educated, middle-class professionals -- are among the vaccine skeptics who have...