South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg drew some backlash for his stance on mandatory vaccinations. Pete does support some exceptions, except during a public health emergency to prevent an outbreak," a spokesman for the South Bend mayor told Buzzfeed. The 37-year-old progressive listed personal/religious exemptions, but reiterated that there must be "no public health crisis" for the exemptions to be honored. Buttigieg's stance on vaccination exemptions caught some attention on social media. "Pete believes vaccines are safe and effective and are necessary to maintaining public health.

Source: Fox News May 01, 2019 04:55 UTC