First hour: Debating religious exemptions for vaccines
Second hour: Previewing the Wine Symposium of the Finger Lakes
New York lawmakers are fighting over vaccine exemptions. A bill being pushed by a downstate Assemblyman would make New York the fourth state (after California, Mississippi, and West Virginia) to ban religious exemptions for vaccines. Only medical exemptions would be permitted by law. But earlier this year, other members of the Assembly pushed legislation that would make it easier for parents to gain exemptions for their children. We'll talk to stakeholders on all sides. Our guests:
Patricia Finn, vaccine rights lawyer
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz
Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg, pediatric infectious disease specialist at UR Medicine's Golisano Children's Hospital
Then, we preview the upcoming Wine Symposium of the Finger Lakes, which is less than three weeks away. We'll talk about what makes the Finger Lakes region thrive for certain grape varieties, and we'll explore the various themes on the menu for this year's event. Our guests:
Bob Madill, chair of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance and co-chair of the symposium
Leslie Kroeger, symposium organizer
Steve DeFrancesco, winemaker for Glenora Wine Cellars