Governor's Office: Ducey's Family Has Been Vaccinated

The question of whether to vaccinate or not has become a hot topic on the political scene, but not for the new leader of Arizona . 

Gov. Doug Ducey has been vaccinated against measles, as are his three children, said his spokesman Daniel Scarpinato, who said the governor believes vaccines are one of the greatest medical achievements of the last century,

“They save lives, they've eradicated fatal diseases. So he encourages all Arizona families to be proactive, to consult their pediatricians and to vaccinate their children,” Scarpinato said.

The state requires children in child care or the public schools to be vaccinated, but parents can opt out, for religious or philosophical reasons. 

Parents who refuse vaccinations based on philosophy have to sign a list of medical complications for each disease.  They also have to acknowledge that if an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease is declared, the child could be kept out of the classroom until the risk period is over.