Measles Outbreak

1. 13 cases in South Dakota
2. 79 in California/ 382 in Ohio
3. 122,061 in 2014 / 495 in 2015         48 states have religious exemptions
4. Tammy’s story goes to show you the effects of measles. It is a very sad story, the effects that this disease had on this family. They could never live a normal life because of it. This disease doesn’t just affect the person infected it also plays an emotional effect on the family of the victim.
5. Medical reasons and religious beliefs
6. Yes
7. It’s okay to delay vaccinations and let your kids immune system mature/ immigrants are bringing the measles into the US/ more people die from the vaccine than the measles/  Existence of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program proves vaccines are harmful/ People who have been vaccinated can spread measles/ Vaccination is a political debate/ Vaccines cause autism
8. I don’t agree with the law that parents are forced to immunize their children against their beliefs. We live in a “free” country so why are we being forced to give our children something that we don’t believe in. The doctor in the article even said that if your child got the vaccine then they are safe so why do those parents care whether or not mine is vaccinated. Their child has the vaccine so they are safe. I think that it is against the personal freedom to force us to vaccinate our children. I think that these health care companies are telling us to get these vaccines so that we will get more sick forcing us to spend more money on healthcare. They don’t want us to be healthy because if everyone is healthy they won’t make money. I personally will never vaccinate my own children. I think that if people want to vaccinate they can but I do not want to be forced to do something I don’t believe in.
    

Bill

In the Senate
SB52

2-13-15

Senators: Mitchell, Mary, James , and  Toby introduced the following bill that was referred to the committee of Health and Human services on February 13, 2015.

Section 1

Legalization of assisted suicide In the case of terminal illness or a patient that is on life support. Patients must be given a diagnosis of 6 months or less to live.

Section 2

Potassium Chloride will be provided by a physician, the patient must self-administer the drug to his or herself.In the case of life support it will be left to the patient’s next of kin, documentation must be provided proving that the patient does not wish to be on life support.a patient has a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) a doctor will be allowed to perform a mercy killing if at least one other physician agrees that the patient is suffering.

Section 3

Department of Health and Human Services will be in charge or regulating and enforcing this act

Section 4

If doctors are found guilty of performing the killing themselves even with permission from the patient or next of kin the doctor will lose his or her license and will not be allowed to practice medicine If doctors are found guilty of performing this task without permission from the patient or next of kin he will be tried for manslaughter and his license will be immediately revoked.   

Government Trip

I really liked the trip yesterday. I had never been to Pierre before so it was really neat to have been to a new place. I didn’t like the fact that we had to get up so early and that we had to take the mini-bus but it ended being okay. The capital building surprised me a little bit. I had no idea that it was that nice inside. The architecture and the art was really awesome to see. I think it is cool how the architects and designers of the capital got to put their signature in it with the blue tiles and the pillar that was upside down.  The State Affairs committee was interesting to watch because I knew the topic and I could actually follow it. I also liked talking to the representatives. It was really neat to see their viewpoints on the topics brought up. I also like how when an issue was brought up they asked us what we thought about it and almost had a little debate. The House session was neat to watch because it is completely different than the smaller committees. The roll call was really cool I thought too. The geese and the ducks were really cool to see because they are so use to people that they just sit there. I also thought the monuments outside by the lake were really cool.