Bevin exposed nine children to the virus rather than the vaccine (click here). He is using his own children as a campaign tool.
There was a time in the USA when children died of chickenpox exposure and to have a Governor or any other elected official throw caution to the wind and promote disease exposure over vaccinations is completely irresponsible. It isn't as if his children contracted the virus from casual social interaction. Brevin deliberately exposed his children to it.
Varicella-related outpatient (click here) visits declined 84% in 2012 versus the prevaccination period (1994-1995) with 95% decline among infants aged <1 year and 75%-89% decline among persons aged 1-49 years.
Varicella hospitalizations declined 93% in 2012 versus the pre-vaccine period; during the 2-dose varicella vaccination period (2006-2012), hospitalizations declined38%
Varicella deaths declined by 87% during 2008 to 2011 as compared to 1990 to 1994 based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). In children and adolescents less than 20 years of age, varicella deaths declined by 99% during 2008 to 2011 as compared with 1990 to 1994.
Varicella incidence among HIV-infected children declined 63% during 2000-2007 compared to 1989-1999.
Varicella vaccination provides indirect benefits to people who are not eligible for vaccination. Varicella incidence among infants, a group not eligible for varicella vaccination, declined by 90% from 1995 to 2008.
The responsible way for a governor to indicate he is a skeptic of vaccines is to organize a panel of experts to explore the positive and negative outcomes of any vaccine. Above is a reporting e-page of the CDC. There are children alive today because of the vaccines they receive. There is no doubt about it what so ever at all. The disease rate is down and the death rate is down.
I find Brevin to not only be an abusive father, but, a negligent governor as well. He should never have promoted anti-vaccine dialogues.
