Post by Logan on Jun 15, 2016 20:41:07 GMT -6
About three in every 10 kindergartners who enrolled during the most recent school year without measles vaccines were missing the required exemption forms, according to Arizona Department of Health Services data analyzed by azcentral.com.
The data include schools with kindergartens with 20 or more students. The numbers were similar to an analysis a year and a half ago, despite last year’s measles scare.
Arizona immunization law calls on schools to suspend students who are not vaccinated and do not have exemptions. The waiver requires parents who choose not to vaccinate to sign that they understand the risks, essentially forcing them to make a conscious decision about whether to vaccinate their kids.
But hundreds of Arizona schools did not require all parents to turn in signed waivers when they enrolled their unvaccinated children in 2015, according to records reviewed by The Arizona Republic.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2016/06/13/arizona-schools-skirting-measles-vaccination-law/85672482/
I suspect that it will require parents to file lawsuits for negligence and liability in order for the school districts to comply with the immunization laws. The only allowances for exemptions should be for possible allergic reactions.
The data include schools with kindergartens with 20 or more students. The numbers were similar to an analysis a year and a half ago, despite last year’s measles scare.
Arizona immunization law calls on schools to suspend students who are not vaccinated and do not have exemptions. The waiver requires parents who choose not to vaccinate to sign that they understand the risks, essentially forcing them to make a conscious decision about whether to vaccinate their kids.
But hundreds of Arizona schools did not require all parents to turn in signed waivers when they enrolled their unvaccinated children in 2015, according to records reviewed by The Arizona Republic.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2016/06/13/arizona-schools-skirting-measles-vaccination-law/85672482/
I suspect that it will require parents to file lawsuits for negligence and liability in order for the school districts to comply with the immunization laws. The only allowances for exemptions should be for possible allergic reactions.