Statement from Looney and Duff on Ending Non-Medical Exemptions for Vaccinations

Today, Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) released the following statements on the need for ending non-medical exemptions for vaccinations in Connecticut.

“It is common sense to require vaccinations for students at our public schools unless they have a medical exemption,” said Senator Looney. “No amount of disinformation will change the scientific fact that Connecticut needs to increase vaccination numbers in order to protect the public health of our state and especially the health of immunocompromised children for whom her immunity may be a life or death matter.”

“We must end non-medical exemptions for vaccines in our state to counter the low immunization rates we are seeing in certain communities,” said Senator Duff. “It is critical that the legislature works with health professionals to take action this year.”

Sen. Anwar Announces Route 2 Guiderail Improvements to Occur This Week in East Hartford

Today, State Senator Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor) announced that the Department of Transportation will conduct guiderail upgrades along Route 2 and Exit 2 to I-84 Eastbound during weekdays this week, with planned work continuing until Friday.

The DOT project will see guiderails being upgraded over a fifth-of-a-mile span of Route 2 Eastbound, from the Darlin Street Overpass to the Pitkin Street Overpass and the “gore area,” or area between the highway lanes and exit ramp, on the east end of the Founders Bridge.

The work is slated to begin Monday, February 3 and continue through Friday, February 7, though delays could extend the project.

Motorists should expect closures on the shoulder on Route 2 eastbound and left shoulder closures on Exit 2 eastbound in East Hartford from the Founders Bridge to the Pitkin Street Overpass from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during the week.