Rep Lisa Campbell SB1 3 23 23

Representative Lisa Campbell, GAHD35, takes to the well of the Georgia General Assembly to oppose SB 1, and encourage everyone to think about the long term positive impact we can have on our children’s health by voting no on SB 1.

As we mark the second anniversary of the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign, understanding the impact of vaccines on reducing disease burden is needed to inform our future, evidence-based action on this bill.

Did you know that Georgia is 4th LEAST vaccinated state in the nation? Number 1 for business but number 48th for vaccination rates—that’s for ALL vaccinations not just COVID.

Studies have found that Georgia ranks in the bottom for vaccination rates—48th in the number of children vaccinated for flu, 47th for adults for flu, and 42nd for the number of adults vaccinated for tetanus.

These trends began before the pandemic and our historically low rates are worsening, according to new data from the CDC that shows the percentage of U.S. children entering kindergarten with their required immunizations fell to 93% in 2022, 2 percentage points below recommended herd immunity levels of 95% and lower than vaccination rates in 2021.

While 1 or 2 percentage points might not seem concerning, one percent represents tens of thousands of people who are inadequately protected from diseases we can easily prevent through immunization.

These trends are alarming both for our health and our finances. The CDC estimates that vaccinating children born from 1994 to 2018 will prevent 472 million illnesses, nearly 30 million hospitalizations and more than a million deaths. The state-run vaccination requirement are also projected to save $479 billion in health care and other direct costs.

Our unvaccinated are at great risk, because the diseases vaccines prevent have few effective treatments, even in this day of great medical advances. Children who are unvaccinated are not protected against the suffering, complications, and long term disability that can come from vaccine preventable diseases, including encephalitis, cancer, and death.

One last thought, everyone is chamber who cheers Go Dawgs after every prayer, just know that we personally benefitted from required proof of vaccines in college including immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), tetanus, hepatitis B, and TB. Why in the world will we be denying these same protections for students when it comes to COVID?

All of this comes down to trust – whether our political leadership creates the climate of trust in the public health agencies' efforts, in the science, in the ability of the health care system to deliver.

This is not about discrimination it is in fact about the health of all Georgians For all of these reasons I ask you to vote no on this bill.

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