STREET BEAT: ‘Should all vaccinations be mandatory?’

Sondria Moore

Inglewood

“Yes. … We have been able to keep most of us fairly healthy because we had mandatory vaccinations starting with babies.”

Rick Williamson

Los Angeles

“No. I haven’t been vaccinated yet. I don’t trust the medical science behind it. … I don’t trust the doctors and I don’t trust the government.”

Kevin Parks

Los Angeles

“Yes. Vaccines in America are like a rite of passage. None of us want it, but we all have to get it. They should be mandatory because they keep us all healthy.”

Tara Cobert

Baldwin Hills

“Yes. If someone catches the measles, they take it home to their family, … to their church, to the schools. It spreads everywhere and that is not a good thing.

Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in downtown Los Angeles.