This woman has no place in our party, let alone running to lead it. Her series of inane comments on vaccines last week disqualify her from any sort of public office.
Tuesday
"To me, it's no different than the abortion debate. The US government doesn't tell any citizen, in my book, what they have to do with their body or their child,"
She makes an offensive and misleading comparison to a woman’s right to choose, related to her own personal health and life and an idiots right to endanger public health for unfounded personal opinions.
Wednesday
"I understand that many vaccines are important and save lives. I recognize there are epidemics around the world that are stopped by vaccines,I also understand some of the skepticism that abounds today about drugs which are rushed to market by Big Pharma. I am sorry that I made comments which sounded as though I question the validity of life-saving vaccines. That is not my feeling and I realize that I misspoke."
She attempts a weak walk-back. She thinks vaccines are great, but what about Big Pharma, can’t trust them right? This is the same weak appeasement Jill Stein stance attempted in 2016. It tries to please both side of the issue. However, as we all should know, there is no room for compromise or negotiation here. One side is simply right, and the other is simply wrong.
Thursday
"I understand that public safety must come first. But I also understand that we must have a balance between public safety and the issues of individual freedom," Williamson said. "I do not trust the propaganda on either side."
She further cements her stance and the reason she should should be precluded for consideration. She makes the core anti-vaxxer argument.
It is all about personal freedom. You vaccinate your kids, and I will not vaccinate mine.
This is the most dangerous argument they make, because it totally ignores herd immunity and the vulnerable people who cannot be vaccinated (newborns, immune-compromised people, the elderly).
Also… Propaganda on either side!? Please Martha, tell me about the propaganda supporting the importance of vaccines and their importance to public health, please equate it to the pseudo-science on the anti-vax side. You, know what on second thought don’t. You have said more than enough already.
ANTI-VAX Sympathizers are as big a problem as Anti-Vaxxers themselves because the lend credence to the “Personal Choice” argument.