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Originally Posted by Speakeasy
Personally, there's just something that doesn't sit well with me when it comes to "forced inoculations" and "the government". We've had public schooling in this country for about 180 years or so without the need for forcing students to get vaccinated in order to attend class. From what I understand, there hasn't been any mass deadly outbreaks in schools due to this.
The article says that as of now, there are about 1,000 students who haven't attended school in over a month due to this policy. Sure, we could say it's the parent's fault for not getting their kids vaccinated, but I think the responsibility lies on the government here. After all, they're the ones who implemented this policy.
I dunno. I just always get weary when government 'forces' people to do things.
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Louisiana has a mandatory vaccination policy with provisions for exemptions for moral or philosophical reasons. As a nurse, I have to agree with it because I've seen first hand what happens when parents neglect the healthcare of their child. If vaccinations weren't a requirement for school, many parents here, out of ignorance or lack of concern, wouldn't bother to protect their children.
As late as the 1950's, there were outbreaks of polio but since Salk and Sabin developed vaccines, the dreadful disease is almost unheard of.
The MMR has prevented not only the illnesses but also the deaths that can be associated with the diseases so one would have to be crazy not to take advantage of the vaccines.
I do hate giving the government this kind of power but I'd hate it even more if we began to see outbreaks of polio and smallpox which could conceivably happen if enough students weren't inoculated.