Christie's Office Does Damage Control On Vaccine Remarks
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) office did some damage control on Monday after Christie said the government should strike a "balance" between requiring parents to immunize their children and allowing them "some measure of choice" on vaccinations.
"To be clear: The Governor believes vaccines are an important public health protection and with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated," Christie's office said in a statement. "At the same time, different states require different degrees of vaccination, which is why he was calling for balance in which one's government should mandate."
The comments came as health officials try to contain a measles outbreak in the western United States that is believed to have started at California's Disneyland park.
Christie's office furnished a full transcript of the governor's remarks at the London facility of American company MedImmune, which manufactures a flu vaccine, that went beyond his remarks reported by the New York Times.
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