'I can only continue to push that my point is fundamentally about whether or not the government can force you to take an injection,' in the midst of measles outbreaks.
An Arizona lawmaker called mandatory vaccinations"communist" on Thursday as the state government contemplates vaccine exemption legislation.
Townsend's comments came a day after Governor Doug Ducey said that he would not approve legislation that could have a detrimental effect on public health, reported The Arizona Republic. The National Immunization Survey found in 2015 that 84.1 percent of children in Arizona had been vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella, making it the state with the lowest MMR vaccination rate.
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