DUCKWORTH JOINS COLLEAGUES TO DEMAND ANSWERS ON CHILDHOOD VACCINES EO, MEASLES DEATHS AND DELAYED VACCINE ACCESS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA-08) along with 29 colleagues in a letter to Dr. Erica Schwartz, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to call out efforts to reject settled vaccine science and demand answers about the CDC's efforts to implement President Trump's childhood vaccine Executive Order (EO), underreport measles-associated deaths and delay access to childhood immunizations.

"[...] As the United States is experiencing the largest measles outbreak in 35 years, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) aim...