WATCH: Critics Pounce On Christie For Measles Comments ... And Snow

Gov. Chris Christie can’t seem to catch a break.

Critics are pouncing on Christie Monday for calling for “balance” on the measles vaccine debate - just as a measles outbreak led to calls for more vaccinations.

Christie said he would allow for parental choice - separating himself from President Obama who called  on parents to vaccinate their children. Later, he walked back those remarks in a statement to the Washington Post.

“The governor believes vaccines are an important public health protection and with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated,” Christie’s office said in a statement. “At the same time, different states require different degrees of vaccination, which is why he was calling for balance in which ones government should mandate.”

Christie’s comments follow the December measles outbreak at Disneyland that had the CDC and President Obama urging the public to vaccinate children.

Ninety-four individuals from 8 states were infected as a result of the outbreak, with 67 cases clearly linked to Disneyland, California, NBC reports. The CDC has reported 100 confirmed Measles cases so far this year, with most connected to the Disney Land outbreak, Fox News reports.

The criticism comes just as Christie continues to take heat from conservatives and liberals for his handling of last week’s “snowmaggedon.” Conservatives like writer Cal Thomas have been taking him to task:

“The network meteorologists barely had time to come up for air while “forecasting” the latest snowstorm non-disaster. Politicians, fearing what might happen to their approval numbers if a blizzard hit, went on TV to announce they were taking proactive measures. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shut down tunnels, bridges, even the subway to prepare for the worst. Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie announced road closings in New York and New Jersey...

“One year ago we were treated to another of these “Snowmageddon” scenarios. At the time, USA Today quoted Gary Szatkowski, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, as saying: ‘It’s a little surprising that people are falling for this.’

“I’m not surprised. People are gullible. Look at our politicians.

On measles, Christie has been taking heat from liberals and conservatives for suggesting that parents don’t need to vaccinate their children.

“Disappointing that Gov. Christie, so well known for real talk, hedges on vaccines,” said Gabriel Malor, a conservative writer, on Twitter.

“What’s a balanced approach to polio? Go on. I’ll wait,” said GOP strategist Rick Wilson on Twitter.

Jonathan Chait of New York magazine also chimed in on Christie’s remarks.

“So for the first time in a public career defined by overweening and often-bullying certainty about everything, Christie has finally found an issue where he sees both sides. And it’s an issue where science and public health are utterly unanimous!”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since Jan. 1 84 people from 14 states were reported to have measles. in 2014, the U.S. experienced the highest number of measles cases reported in 20 years, over 600. The CDC is seeing more adults than in a typical outbreak.

The state of New York is also on high alert, after a Bard College student infected with Measles rode an Amtrak train up the Hudson River, exposing the public to the disease.

Anyone believing they might have the measles should call their doctor or hospital emergency room instead of going in, according to state health officials.

“This is not a problem with the measles vaccine not working. This is a problem of the measles vaccine not being used. Measles can be a very serious disease and people do need to be protected. Measles spreads quickly among unvaccinated people and can spread quickly from state to state or around the world,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, the assistant surgeon general, United States Public Health Service and director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, at a CDC briefing Jan. 29 on “Measles in the United States, 2015.”