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Carly Fiorina: "Always the parent's choice" to vaccinate kids
CBS News ^ | 8/14/2015 | Reena Flores

Posted on 08/14/2015 7:46:15 AM PDT by Bluewater2015

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said Thursday that parents should not be forced to vaccinate their children against diseases like measles or mumps. However, she said she also believes schools should be free to make vaccinations for communicable diseases a requirement for attendance, saying families have to "make that trade-off" for themselves.

Fiorina told reporters after the event that "when you have highly communicable diseases where you have a vaccine that's proven, like measles or mumps, then I think a parent can make that choice."

California, where Fiorina ran for a Senate seat against Democrat Barbara Boxer in 2010, recently passed a law requiring nearly all schoolchildren to be vaccinated. Several calls to tighten the state's vaccine laws erupted after a measles outbreak last December was found to have originated in Disneyland.

Fiorina expressed her disapproval of the mandate, saying that "California is wrong on most everything, honestly."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carlyfiorina; epidemics; fiorino; herdimmunity; libertarianism; rino; vaccines
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To: Boogieman

The entire pattern of of infectious disease vectors backs me up to the max.

Epidemics follow vaccination programs, not the reverse.
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141 posted on 08/14/2015 11:28:04 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Leaning Right; Jan_Sobieski

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>> “That’s a really good question. In most cases it makes sense to defer to an expert.” <<

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And doctors are experts at spreading disease!

Note that statistically, Hospitals are the most common place for people to catch an infection in the western world.
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142 posted on 08/14/2015 11:31:34 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Leaning Right

The difference with that analogy is tort. Everyone involved in the airplane flying business is liable to tort should something happen. NO one in the vaccine business at any point is liable to tort.

Factor that into your decision as well.


143 posted on 08/14/2015 11:32:22 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Boogieman

Good thing you started your lie with “Mumbo jumbo!”

All infectious disease follows vectors leading outward from points of initiation.

Is that hard for you to grasp?
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144 posted on 08/14/2015 11:38:55 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Black Agnes

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Well said!


145 posted on 08/14/2015 11:40:24 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

You really could try to tone down the ridiculous pretentious pomp. Is that supposed to represent Christ or you?

Many or even much is not all.


146 posted on 08/14/2015 11:40:54 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You didn’t have to jump off that cliff!

Not all?

If not, then how would they be infectious?

Amazing.


147 posted on 08/14/2015 11:42:54 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: jsanders2001

Tracking devices have to have a receiver and integer solving processor to develop position. Then, they have to also have a transmitter, which will require considerable power to remain in operation.

Such a device could not be hidden under your skin.

A passive Faraday loop chip that could signal its presence to various sensors as one passes by them would be the closest thing to tracking that could be embedded in your skin.
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148 posted on 08/14/2015 12:13:48 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Boogieman

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>> “They have not been infected with the active form of the disease” <<

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Now there is some real Mumbo Jumbo.


149 posted on 08/14/2015 12:16:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
> Tracking devices have to have a receiver and integer solving processor to develop position. Then, they have to also have a transmitter, which will require considerable power to remain in operation. Such a device could not be hidden under your skin.

not with current technology but with alien tecnology they recovered in the spacraft in Roswell... ...just pullin your leg....LOL

150 posted on 08/14/2015 12:18:51 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

Ya had me going for a moment...


151 posted on 08/14/2015 12:24:26 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: demshateGod
Eugenics. Culling the herd. Those who die were unfit.

That's probably what some leftists are thinking, deep down.

152 posted on 08/14/2015 1:00:54 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

I have no doubt at all.


153 posted on 08/14/2015 1:06:01 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Leaning Right; Black Agnes; editor-surveyor
I wonder how many of those vaccinations are done purely to avoid a lawsuit.

Yes, Leaning Right, that's an excellent point. Doctors have been sued for "failure to immunize." Here's a list of lawsuits (PDF file):

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2060.pdf

So, yeah, I don't blame doctors for recommending vaccinations. They could be sued if they don't.

154 posted on 08/14/2015 1:08:29 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

Sued if they don’t, indemnified if they do. Is it any wonder they push them?


155 posted on 08/14/2015 1:10:45 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

Yep. It’s no wonder.


156 posted on 08/14/2015 1:14:59 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

Well, and for peds, there is an extra payout at the end of the year for them if their patient load is 95%+ fully vaxed. So there’s financial consideration over and above the tort as well.


157 posted on 08/14/2015 1:16:37 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

Wow.

Of course, many doctors probably would recommend vaccinations, even without the payouts.

But, any doctor on the fence is sure to be swayed by the payouts and the possibility of a lawsuit.


158 posted on 08/14/2015 1:24:39 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: editor-surveyor

Yes your arrogant manner is amazing. Why are you claiming to represent Christ. Christ is not about you.


159 posted on 08/14/2015 1:39:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: editor-surveyor

I hate listening to all those alien nutcase theorists. They make for great entertainment though...lol


160 posted on 08/14/2015 2:25:47 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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