Measles Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field (reconciling science and "conservative values")

[pampango]

The politics of medicine, morality and free will have collided in an emotional debate over vaccines and the government’s place in requiring them, posing a challenge for Republicans who find themselves in the familiar but uncomfortable position of reconciling modern science with the skepticism of their core conservative voters.

As the latest measles outbreak raises alarm, and parents who have decided not to vaccinate their children face growing pressure to do so, the national debate is forcing the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential hopefuls to confront questions about whether it is in the public’s interest to allow parents to decide for themselves.

The vaccination controversy is a twist on an old problem for the Republican Party: how to approach matters that have largely been settled among scientists but are not widely accepted by conservatives.

It is a dance Republican candidates often do when they hedge their answers about whether evolution should be taught in schools. It is what makes the fight over global warming such a liability for their party, and what led last year to a widely criticized response to the Ebola scare.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/us/politics/measles-proves-delicate-issue-to-gop-field.html

"a challenge for Republicans who find themselves in the familiar but uncomfortable position of reconciling modern science with the skepticism of their core conservative voters." What does it say about a party that regularly faces the challenge of "reconciling modern science with the skepticism of their ... voters"?

[Thinkingabout]

1. Probably they will argue it should be their choice of whether to vaccinate their children.

It should be the same with other choices as vaginal ultra sounds, abortions and who we chose to love. Children can not make the decision to protect themselves and negelecting the duty of getting vaccines is unacceptable. Some of the diseases have other side affects which last a lifetime.

[gwheezie]

3. If we put vaccines on vagina probes

They might go for it

[gwheezie]

2. The rightwing is pathetic

They can't keep their story straight. They wanted to lock up anyone who went anywhere in the vicinity of Africa over ebola but they don't want mandatory vaccines.
Now they're blaming Mexicans for bringing measles across the border because the illegal Mexicans don't get vaccines yet they are ranting about mandatory measles vaccines.
Theyre stark raving mad loons who just start spewing contradictory nonsense because their fear takes over. And the cowards running for office are terrified of their extreme loo wing.