Born stupid or working at it?

"Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates." Yes, that is what the headlines read today. My response was "You have to be kidding!" Why would a physician want to run the risk of exposeing a school house of children to someone's chicken pox or measeles becaue their parents did not want to have thier child vaccinated. Furthermore, doesn't the greater community, in this case the State of Florida, have a responsibility to see that there is not an epidemic of diseases which can be prevented via vaccines. This sound like 'individualism run amook with serious consequences for the larger community." When I read such headlines, I hear my deceased father's voice asking, "Son, do you think he was born supid or do you think he has to work at it?"