Pete Buttigieg changes course and now says he does not support personal and religious exemptions for vaccines

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• South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg backtracked on his support for exemptions for vaccinations on Wednesday. 
• After Buttigieg's spokesperson said the mayor supports "personal/religious exemptions if states can maintain local herd immunity and there is no public health crisis," the campaign later said the mayor only supports medically necessary exemptions. 
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South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg backtracked on his previous support for exemptions for vaccinations on Wednesday. 

"The law of the land for more than a century has been that states may enforce mandatory vaccination for public safety to prevent the spread of a dangerous disease. Pete does support some exceptions, except during a public health emergency to prevent an outbreak," a spokesperson for Buttigieg told BuzzFeed News. 

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