Parents Deserve Vaccine Choice, and Sick Doctors Must Stay Home
Opinion: As a Parent, I Believe Vaccines Should Be a Choice, and Sick Doctors Should Stay Home As a parent, my top priority is keeping my children safe and healthy. Hearing about a measles outbreak tearing through Texas, claiming lives and infecting hundreds, breaks my heart for those families. But when I learned about a doctor—someone we trust with our kids’ health—treating patients while actively infected with measles, I was furious and shocked. As a parent, I believe vaccines should be a personal choice, not a mandate, and that doctors who are sick, especially with something as contagious as measles, have no business treating patients. Here’s why. Vaccines Should Be My Choice as a Parent Every parent wants to make the best decisions for their child. For some, that means vaccinating against measles to protect against a disease that can cause brain damage or death—one to three out of every 1,000 infected kids don’t survive. For others, concerns about vaccine safety, a...
