Christine Ojendyk

As a finance professional and a parent, I know that vaccines are both life-saving and cost-effective. The widespread use of the Polio vaccine proved this over seventy years ago. Vaccines have been a God-send since with overwhelming evidence of their ability to mitigate the health risks and the costs associated with numerous preventable diseases. I am opposed to creating significant barriers for working families by making it harder for many parents to access convenient, no-cost vaccine clinics. School-based clinics, run through the New Hampshire Public Health Association in eight different public health regions, have been a critical tool for reaching underserved communities and ensuring all children—not just those whose parents can take time off work—have access to protections against disease.