Rand One-Ups Christie On Vaccinations: Most 'Ought To Be Voluntary'

[MohRokTah]

I KNEW President Obama coming out in favor of vaccination would push the Goobers off the deep end!

Rand One-Ups Christie On Vaccinations: Most 'Ought To Be Voluntary'

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday said that most vaccinations ought to be voluntary, a stance that goes beyond his old rival New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) view on parental choice in immunizations.

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham asked Paul whether vaccines should be mandatory after Christie's office tried to walk back the governor's remarks on allowing parents to have "some measure of choice" in vaccinating their children. Paul went a step further than his potential 2016 presidential opponent in his response.

"I'm not anti-vaccine at all, but particularly, most of them ought to be voluntary," Paul said. "What happens if you have somebody not want to take the smallpox vaccine and it ruins it for everybody else? I think there are times in which there can be some rules, but for the most part it ought to be voluntary."

The Kentucky senator then brought up the failed 2011 push by another potential 2016 rival, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), to require sixth-grade girls be vaccinated with Gardasil, which protects against HPV, as an example of an unnecessary mandate.

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[MiniMe]

1. And this goober is a doctor

And Rand...small pox is no longer a required vaccine because vaccinating everybody worldwide worked.

[MohRokTah]

2. He's a member of a group of doctors that push conspiracy theory garbage, too.

It's a small group and they're all nuts.