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Old 02-04-2015, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by janmcn View Post
Parents can make a choice to not get their children inoculated, but the public school systems can also deny these children admission to their schools to protect the public health. That's the way it works in most, if not all, states now.

Wait until the first child dies of measles and see how fast these anti-vaxers rush to the doctor to get their children immunized.

As to your second point, yuk.
Not exactly. In Florida, parents can refuse to have their children vaccinated because of their religious beliefs and their children can still attend public school. Parents don't even have to prove religious belief and they cannot be asked questions about their religion. They just sign an affidavit.
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