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Mandatory child vaccination bill losing support in Salem
KGW.com By Nina Mehlhaf nina SALEM, Ore. -- Centuries-old diseases like measles have been making a comeback lately after an outbreak started at Disneyland, and spread to several cases in Oregon and Washington. But a bill in Salem that would make vaccines mandatory for...
What’s NACCHO got to do with Oregon’s vaccine exemption fight?
Guest Author Medium March 6, 2015 Authors’ Note: This is part 3 of a 3-part series. Our first article discussed the Truth About Oregon’s Vaccination Rates and we followed up with a question about Who cried wolf in Oregon? (by declaring an emergency that doesn’t exist)...
Vaccination issue should spark open, lively debate
Hillsboro Tribune By the Editorial Board March 6, 2015 Last week, Gov. Kate Brown said Oregon needs to have “a broader discussion” about the death penalty and the criminal justice system. We believe the same approach also needs to be taken with the issue of...
Child vaccination should be a parent’s choice
OregonLive By Sarrah Crist March 6, 2015 I have listened to the debate going on in this country about vaccines. I have kept my opinion to myself. Now I am done being silent. I am not religious; therefore, the choices I make for my children are based on them living...
RFK Jr. lobbies over Oregon vaccine bill
Robert F. Kennedy will also screen a documentary called Trace Amounts By Tim Becker and KOIN 6 News Staff March 5, 2015 SALEM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — As Oregon legislators debate whether to eliminate non-medical exemptions for vaccinations, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oregon lawmakers: Reject vaccine bill
Statesman Journal Saerom Yoo March 5, 2015 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made it clear from the beginning. He's pro-vaccine. All of his six children have been vaccinated, and so has he, he says. Yet the longtime environmental activist Thursday stood before a small crowd of...