From the President
I hope everybody had a Happy and Safe Holiday Season, and
Have a Happy New Year.
No matter your position on the following subject, as Rotarians, our stated goal is to “End Polio Now”! I thought that I would pass along a recent email from our District Governor, Mary Gasque.
"A couple of things we need to keep in mind when we hear Kennedy's comments on banning vaccines.
1) Donald Trump in his Monday press conference said “you are not going to lose the polio vaccine." He addressed concerns about vaccine skepticism and said we would continue to study vaccines, but the Polio Vaccine is NOT going away.
2) If Rotary truly thought there was a chance the Polio Vaccine would disappear, you can rest assured that Rotary International, Bill Gates and others (Mitch McConnell and 1.4 million Rotarians with John Nanni leading the charge) would be speaking up more forcefully than they are now. Polio is still Rotary’s #1 priority!
3) We are not silent to be polite or politically correct. We have forces in place that are quietly fighting a good flight (again John Nanni has been interviewed and vocal on FB). If you want to show support, send John messages letting him know you support his efforts or give to https://www.endpolio.org/.
4) Kennedy has not been confirmed and will continue to talk about his plan; however, the political arena is skeptical that he will get elected. Kennedy has actually given Rotary’s fight to eradicate Polio a voice, and now those that did not know Rotarians were in the flight to eradicate Polio, know it now. He has people talking."
Mary
District 7770 Governor 2024-2025
Remember to Give to Eradicate Polio.