“If we continue to let these fake medical exemptions increase, we’re going to have another larger outbreak, and we need to stop that now,” Pan said. She called Pan’s legislation “too extreme” because it would let state health officials overrule doctors’ decisions. But health officials say the rate of medical exemptions has also tripled. Dr. Edmond Sarraf, a pediatrician opposing the bill, said medical exemptions are up only because personal exemptions are no longer permitted. The bill is backed by the California Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Source: thestar April 24, 2019 19:47 UTC