George Skelton: Bill to stiffen California's vaccine law must first get past single-issue voters
by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2019
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Some bills are just more trouble than they're worth for nervous legislators who must worry about voter support.
One such bill is a current California measure to tighten the requirement that children be vaccinated against contagious diseases - like measles - before being admitted to school for the first time.
Kids can be excused from that edict for medical reasons, such as having a weak immune system caused by leukemia.
But a few unscrupulous doctors are peddling medical exemptions for phony reasons to parents who
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