Strong vaccine policies save lives!

In the midst of Louisiana’s first cases of measles recently confirmed by the Louisiana Department of Health and an ongoing whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak that has already killed 2 Louisiana infants, Louisiana have filed bills that threaten to dismantle core components of the state’s public health infrastructure — including removing and prohibiting vaccine requirements. If enacted, these proposals would severely limit the ability of healthcare professionals, schools, and government agencies to protect the public from infectious diseases like measles and polio.