Vaccines are NOT required to attend school!
February 1st, 2010Please understand this: Every state has philisophical, medical, or religous exemptions (or a combination of all three) that permits your child to attend public schools without his or her vaccinations!
It’s a myth, it’s a lie – it’s NOT TRUE.
Please check your state’s laws here: http://www.vaccinetruth.net/
I reside in Ohio, so all I needed to do was write a simple letter:
| Vaccine Refusal Form
We, (your names here), give notice to (your city here) City Schools (located in your city/state here) stating that we have chosen not to vaccinate our child, (CHILD’S NAME HERE), because we are philosophically opposed to the concept of vaccines. We maintain this is a responsible and ethically justifiable position for the following reasons:
Therefore, we believe that vaccination is a medical procedure that could reasonably be termed as experimental each time it is performed on a healthy child. Our state law makes provisions for non-vaccination of children whose parents object to vaccines for religious or philosophical reasons. §3313.671 – Required Immunizations; Exceptions We accept full responsibility for the health of our child, and because of philosophical conviction, do not wish our child vaccinated. In the event of any infectious condition, our child would of course remain at home. We further understand that during the course of an outbreak of any so-called “vaccine preventable disease” would occur at your facility, our child is subject to exclusion from your facility for the duration of the outbreak. ______________________________ ____________ Date ______________________________ ____________ Date |
Here is the state law that shows it is acceptable (see item #4 under section B):
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
TITLE XXXIII [33] EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3313: BOARDS OF EDUCATION
[SCHOOL YEAR]
ORC Ann. 3313.671 (Anderson 2007)
3313.671 Proof of required immunizations – exceptions.
(A)
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no pupil, at the time of initial entry or at the beginning of each school year, to an elementary or high school for which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, shall be permitted to remain in school for more than fourteen days unless the pupil presents written evidence satisfactory to the person in charge of admission, that the pupil has been immunized by a method of immunization approved by the department of health pursuant to section 3701.13 of the Revised Code against mumps, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, rubeola, and rubella or is in the process of being immunized.
(B)
(1) A pupil who has had natural rubeola, and presents a signed statement from the pupil’s parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against rubeola.
(2) A pupil who has had natural mumps, and presents a signed statement from the pupil’s parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against mumps.
(3) A pupil who has had natural chicken pox, and presents a signed statement from the pupil’s parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against chicken pox.
(4) A pupil who presents a written statement of the pupil’s parent or guardian in which the parent or guardian declines to have the pupil immunized for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, is not required to be immunized.
(5) A child whose physician certifies in writing that such immunization against any disease is medically contraindicated is not required to be immunized against that disease.
Now, as frustrating as it is to have to give a disclaimer, for those who choose not to read between the lines here … I am not speaking of the women who are physically UNABLE to breastfeed. Though extremely rare, there are women who are unable to produce milk. However, those are the extreme minority. We have many, many women who simply CHOOSE to give their babies formula, instead of what is best for them. We live in a very selfish society, where it’s perfectly permissible to put yourself ahead in priority over what is best for our children. We see this in pregnancy ( I can eat WHATEVER I want ), labor ( I’m tired of being pregnant, just induce me! ), birth ( I’m not trying to be a hero! Give me DRUGS! ), and then feeding ( I don’t want to have saggy boobs / be the only one who can feed him / have to deal with breastfeeding in public ).
