Two of the state’s top political leaders — Sen. Jim Justice and Gov. Patrick Morrisey — are now taking jabs at one another over the efficacy of vaccinations, with Justice, the state’s former governor, standing firmly behind the science. It is getting hard to understand Morrisey’s position on this matter — particularly at a time when he is working to make the state more attractive to business and more competitive with its neighbors.

Morrisey’s executive order expanding religious exemptions for school vaccination requirements represents a worrisome departure from evidence-based public health policy. Vaccinations remain one of the wonders of modern medicine, preventing millions of deaths annually and sustaining herd immunity against highly transmissible diseases. Weakening these requirements

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