A simple title from a news website. I don’t often do personal stories, but this one’s important.
Many people don’t know this, but besides working on lowering the voting age to 16, I’m also a national vaccine advocate. Not only have I been advocating for vaccine health, but I’ve also spoken to the FDA, CDC & HHS- three of the top government health departments in the country. I volunteer as a part-time health advocate in addition to my youth advocacy because I believe both aren’t mutually exclusive to one another.
So when I heard about a story of a young 16 year-old woman who dealt with her own struggle against a vaccine-preventable disease, I knew my next post would be about her. Rather than recount Hana Taylor Schlitz‘s entire story, I encourage you to read it instead.
One of the important things I wanted to point out in the story is here age- & her accomplishments. Many people aren’t even in college at 16, let along graduating from one. However, Schlitz’s story shows that young people possess the maturity needed to vote in elections. We already see this in two states in the U.S., as several cities in Maryland and Brattleboro in Vermont have already lowered their respective cities’ voting ages to 16. The rest of the U.S. is also ready too.
If there’s anything you can take away from this post, it’s one of two things: first, if you’re eligible to get any kind of vaccination and you haven’t gotten it, then get. Second, lower the voting age to 16 because if people like Schlitz can go to college & start working on her Ph.D. at 16, then other 16 year-olds deserve a vote.
Jester
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