To the editor: Parents in California have the right not to vaccinate their children (“California has a strict vaccine mandate. Will Trump administration survive?” September 10). What they can't do is refuse to vaccinate their children and Send your children to public school and put other people's children at risk of infectious diseases. The choice is yours, whether participating in the community that protects all children or losing the benefits granted to all who participate.
Victoria I. Paterno, Los Angeles
This writer is a pediatrician.
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To the editor: It was not mentioned in the article, among the many attacks on vaccines, was that of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Vaccine injury compensation program. The ability of vaccine manufacturers to produce these agents and be protected from malicious litigation has been a blessing to administer vaccines. Now, Kennedy wants to include autism as one of the consequences covered with vaccines, despite science, which potentially banking a successful program.
Peter Ambrose, Claremont
