Steve Sniderman | Oppose HB1182

I have personally lived through outbreaks of Measles and Polio in my family. These avoidable diseases have maimed siblings and shortened the lives of a close friend. In both cases, the parents did not immunize their children for "religious reasons". The result was a situation that endangered both their own children and those around them. The only thing that saved the rest of us from it becoming a major outbreak was the fact that most of us had received this new thing called immunization shots. I remember we were overjoyed when some was given via a sugar cube. To think we want to go back to those days of misery and sadness is appalling to me. I strongly oppose this legislation as it places all of us, our children, and our grandchildren in great danger.