Posted on 04/30/2019 11:05:14 PM PDT by knighthawk
South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg drew some backlash for his stance on mandatory vaccinations.
Buzzfeed reported that Buttigieg supports states' rights to mandate vaccinations, but also supports "some exceptions."
"The law of the land for more than a century has been that states may enforce mandatory vaccination for public safety to prevent the spread of a dangerous disease. Pete does support some exceptions, except during a public health emergency to prevent an outbreak," a spokesman for the South Bend mayor told Buzzfeed.
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If by some insane work of the devil he became president, it would be difficult to keep a revolver out of my mouth.
But instead I would just liquidate my 401k. And by liquidate I mean spend it all on Jack Daniels.
Put it all in the cellar, go down there and lock the door, and never be heard from again.
Sounds like they’re ripping him a new one over that response.
The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Do you even need to wonder?
This. Buttigieg is a smart guy. He intentionally included "personal" exemptions. Personal exemptions are the primary reason anti-vaxxers use, because most states have cracked down on religious exception abuse.
The vast majority of anti-vaxxers are high-income, secular, progressives. Almost every story about major breakouts is in either a upper middle class neighborhood in a liberal mecca, or in a toney private school.
Other groups opposing vaccinations are low-income, low-education, progressives, who buy into conspiracy theories--often first or second generation immigrants who have a strong distrust of government.
Both of these groups are reliable Democrat voting blocks.
Buttigieg knows he can say this, then issue a modified statement to appease the general population and never be challenged by the mainstream media (because he is a Democrat).
A Republican is never given a mulligan over a stupid or controversial statement. Instead the mainstream media hangs the comment around the neck of the Republican like an albatross.
Trump's comments regarding vaccinations are still being written about three years after he said them.
I tried but couldn’t find anything wrong with your plan. I’d probably start doing drugs again. Lot’sa drugs.
Very interesting. Thank you for your thoughtful reply. :-)
Yes, he’s quite bendable.
By the way, I really believe anti-vaxxers are stupid. My grandmother contracted polio as a girl. Her doctor recommended that her parents bring her to Lake Michigan and bury her legs in the warm sand. It’s God’s gift that she was able to walk as an adult.
Do we really want to return to those times?
My kids have had all their vaccine shots. Including the HPV virus. Oh, and the chicken pox shot. There’s no reason to tempt fate.
By the way, I really believe anti-vaxxers are stupid. My grandmother contracted polio as a girl. Her doctor recommended that her parents bring her to Lake Michigan and bury her legs in the warm sand. It’s God’s gift that she was able to walk as an adult.
Do we really want to return to those times?
My kids have had all their vaccine shots. Including the HPV virus. Oh, and the chicken pox shot. There’s no reason to tempt fate.
“...for public safety to prevent the spread of a dangerous disease....” a spokesman for the South Bend mayor told Buzzfeed.”
That’s a laugh, considering what dangerous disease vectors homosexual males are.
lol
How come Mayor Butts is qualified to run for president when his only background is being a mayor, but Sarah Palin wasn’t qualified to be VP with the background of being a mayor and a governor?
easy answer....she’s not gay!
makes all the difference in the world!
You don’t see it....well ....well
Neither do I!
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