Maine strengthening vaccine laws to eliminate the spread of communicable diseases

Juliana L'Heureux B.S., R.N., M.H.S.A. (left) and Rotary Past District Governor 7780, AnneLee Hussey, in Augusta Maine to advocate in support of An Act to Protect Maine Children and Students from Preventable Diseases Repealing Certain Exemption Laws Governing Immunization Requirements

Vaccines- The New York Times letter to the editor in support of strengthening Maine's vaccine compliance laws. With my friend and Rotary friend AnneLee Hussey from South Berwick, Maine.

Thank you Anne Lee AnnLee Hussey! Honored to be with you and the coalition to support Vaccine compliance LD 798 in Augusta Maine!
Letter in March 13 New York Times:

“To the Editor:

I was born at a time when swimming pools and movie theaters closed over concerns about polio outbreaks. As a survivor of childhood polio, I know firsthand the trauma of vaccine-preventable disease, which is why vaccine hesitancy terrifies me.

I have visited more than 10 countries taking part in polio eradication efforts. And now, I must do even more in my own country, where diseases of bygone eras are again afflicting communities.

This week I am testifying in front of the Maine Legislature on behalf of a bill to end nonmedical exemptions for childhood vaccinations, and I encourage readers to support similar bills in their own communities.

I wish those who are hesitant to vaccinate their children here and across the globe could talk to some of the mothers I’ve met during my travels — mothers whose children have been paralyzed by polio who wish they had made a different choice. To your readers who do have a choice, I implore you to vaccinate and protect your children.

Ann Lee Hussey
South Berwick, Maine 

Rotary Past District Governor of District 7780