The vaccine choice crusaders, and the dirty hands Senator.

There is a new debate raging in America about whether it's cool to vaccinate children or not. 

I honestly thought that this issue was settled, but apparently there are some folks who think this is an evil plot by the government to control their children. Wingnuts are using words like "oppressive".

Sorry Glenn Beck, people who question vaccinations are not being "persecuted". You have the right to do what you want with your own damn kids, but not when you put other people's children at risk.

Two potential republican candidates for president have already declared that they are not too sure about this vaccination thing. One of them tried to link vaccines to mental illness.

And the other one.....

"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday parents should have some choice on whether to vaccinate their children, a position he's taken before but one that drew a new level of attention amid a U.S. measles outbreak and his recent moves toward running for president."

Of course, politicians being politicians, he tried to walk it back.

"The political significance of Christie's remarks was amplified by his office a short time later, when it released a statement saying the governor believes "with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated."

Yep, this guy is definitely running for president.

You gotta love these conservatives. I mean I understand that they don't like a lot of regulations in their day to day lives, but there are some things in life that should not even be debated.

Take washing your hands, for instance.

"In a week packed with news over concerns for public health, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) described his own history of opposing certain health and hygiene regulations, including those that require employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom.

During a Q&A at the Bipartisan Policy Center on Monday, Tillis related a story from his time in the state legislature in 2010, complaining that the U.S. is "one of the most regulated nations in the history of the planet," video via C-SPAN shows.

“I was having a discussion with someone, and we were at a Starbucks in my district, and we were talking about certain regulations where I felt like ‘maybe you should allow businesses to opt out,'" the senator said.

Tillis said his interlocutor was in disbelief, and asked whether he thought businesses should be allowed to "opt out" of requiring employees to wash their hands after using the restroom.

The senator said he'd be fine with it, so long as businesses made this clear in "advertising" and "employment literature."

“The market will take care of that," he added, to laughter from the audience." [Source]

And this man is a Senator. I sure hope that he won't be shaking the hands of his constituents on his next trip home.

Folks, if you happen to live in North Carolina and you meet the senator one day, you might want to just give him a fist bump.