Eliminate non-medical exemption for vaccines

Re: “Pro-vaccine bill not necessarily an easy sell ...” May 17 news story

To be blunt, religious exemptions or exemption for deeply held beliefs about vaccinations need to be eliminated. Freedom of choice concerning vaccinations just leads to increased danger to public health.

When Jay Inslee, the Washington state governor, signed the bill banning such exemptions, he said, “What we need to do in the state of Washington is make decisions based on science, based on medicine, and we have to do it to help all of our children.”

For all those against vaccinations — what are you going to do if and when the COVID-19 vaccination becomes available? To the Colorado General Assembly and Gov. Jared Polis — make this happen. Now.

I read with dismay your article on the vaccine bill currently before the state legislature. Gov. Jared Polis is adamant that businesses should be forcibly closed for the public’s good, yet he’s “pro-choice” on vaccines. The government takes away my free choice to patronize a business on the one hand, and on the other forces me to be exposed to those without a rational basis for not being vaccinated against what can be deadly diseases.

What sense does this make? Pass a strict law that only medical exemptions are allowed and let’s get on with really protecting the public. And for those parents that don’t want their kids to be vaccinated for other reasons, let them continue to home school them.