Arizona state Rep. Kelly Townsend (R) speaks at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Sept. 12, 2017. [Anti-vaxxers face backlash as measles cases surge]But one state lawmaker begged to differ with the governor. “I’m very sorry to hear about your child,” wrote one constituent who highlighted his disagreement by citing scientific evidence showing the benefit of vaccines. As Franklin wrote in his 1791 autobiography, his son, Francis, who was not vaccinated, died of smallpox when he was 4. “At what point are we saying, ‘We’re okay with this because we don’t want to get measles at some point?'

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2019 10:56 UTC