Posted on 02/03/2015 12:14:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told reporters Tuesday that the vaccination issue "is largely silliness stirred up by the media. Nobody reasonably thinks Chris Christie is opposed to vaccinating kids other than a bunch of reporters who want to write headlines." CBS News' John Nolen reports that Cruz went on to say, "This question has historically been decided at the state level. And most states choose to do what the state of Texas does which is to mandate vaccines for children to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases." A statement he released noted that most states make exceptions for good-faith religious convictions, "But on the question of whether kids should be vaccinated, the answer is obvious, and there's widespread agreement: of course they should."
And another senator considering a presidential run, Marco Rubio, R-Florida, also believes that measles vaccinations should be "absolutely" mandatory for children, medical exceptions aside. Rubio mentioned that his grandfather was "disabled by polio as a young child." And he warned, "If enough people are not vaccinated, you put at risk infants that are three months of age or younger,...and you put at risk immune- suppressed children that are not able to get those vaccinations."
Other potential 2016 presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Dr. Ben Carson also added their voices to the debate over vaccinations. Clinton Tweeted Monday evening, "The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let's protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest"
The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let's protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 3, 2015
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Response is certainly more “presidential” than Rand’s.
Yep, and clarified in broader terms.
Yes, the media is trolling to GOP contenders. As the media has done in past elections.
“Ask them about evolution!”
“Ask them about marriage!”
How about discussing the border? ISIS? The debt?
The Vaccine Nazis who want to make it a national issue, a media issue, or an issue decided by pharmaceutical-big medicine interests amount to bullying and intimidation.
Cruz and Paul be seem to allow for let's have a discussion, on a statewide and local level.
Imagine the glee had Cruz said that “Obama’s call for parents to not vaccinate their children is just another media hoax.”
Half the MSM would declare that because Obama said so, parents should not vaccinate their children. And the other half would still demand that the government force all children to be vaccinated.
—we all got our shots, were extremely thankful when the polio vaccine came along (one of my boyhood contemporaries died of it)-—and the Jehovah’s Witnesses parents didn't have to have their kids take the shots if they so chose-—
The reason those in power support mandatory national vaccination is the further centralization of power.
I agree. It’s just that Cruz made the point a lot better.
“and there’s widespread agreement: of course they should.”
I guess being a lawyer-turned-politician automatically makes you a scientist. There’s an outbreak of them. There should be a vaccination against that.
Cruz’s response was very shrewd and measured.
And the media thinks he is a loose cannon, gimme a break.
He ought to go a step further and impugn their motives.
“Yeah, they did the same thing with some out of the blue birth control question that they morphed into the bogus ‘war on women’ - I’m putting the press on notice, you’ll not get away with that foolishness this time.”
that would just be begging them to
You realize the polio vaccine that saved so many lives would not be allowed to be given today because there was a slight chance that those receiving the vaccine would die?
“Other potential 2016 presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Dr. Ben Carson also added their voices to the debate over vaccinations. Clinton Tweeted Monday evening, “The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let’s protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest”
So they plant a story in the media, and Hillary jumps on it. Cruz responded correctly.
“I must admit, against my better judgement; I like this duke.”
OH NO.... they got to Ted too. He must have let them vaccinate him and it took him over. Its a plot to take over our kids to brainwash them (recycling, global warming and gay marriage )
That is how the government does it. They got Rubio and now Ted. Those two look the same as before but they are not. Its like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Thank goodness Christie and Paul are still with us to warn us.
Polio is coming back in this country because our borders are not secure. Which is more preventable?
Cruz is the only candidate (thus far) whom I could vote for. The rest of them aren’t worth a bucket of warm spit.
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