Billboards, Emails, and Social Media: Reaching the Legislators by Rallying West Virginians

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West Virginia has among the worst set of vaccine laws in the country. There is no religious or personal conscience exemption, and medical exemptions are only granted by a State Immunization Officer to children who have previously been documented by a physician to have had a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine. In 2017 when the West Virginians for Health Freedom was started, there were less than a handful of supporters of vaccine freedom in the West Virginia Legislature, and the previous group of parents championing vaccine freedom had disbanded after becoming exhausted and discouraged. Proponents of vaccine freedom and parental rights are making a comeback. Dr. Moss will share the billboard, email and social media strategy that has led to a force at the Legislature building consensus for the need for vaccine law reform.