Texas Republican says vaccines are ‘sorcery,’ claims ‘parental rights’ are more important than science

RAEL’S COMMENT:

Impressive that in 2019 some people in the US still believe in “sorcery”. That says a lot about the level of anti-vax people…

An anti-vaxxer Texas lawmaker is facing criticism for attacking a prominent vaccinologist and branding inoculations « sorcery. »

Republican Rep. Jonathan Stickland—who left the hardline conservative Freedom Caucus last week—began a Twitter spat with Peter Hotez, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, on Tuesday, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Hotez had been lamenting an increase in vaccine exemptions, which he said put children « in harm’s way for the financial gain of special and outside interest groups. » But Stickland accused Hotez of hypocrisy and suggested that parental rights to reject vaccinations were paramount.

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