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12-05-2019, 05:56 PM #6
Here in California, there's a state law that requires that children be
vaccinated for a range of diseases, or they won't be admitted to public
school. There's an "opt out" clause, but it only applies for K-6. I guess
you could call that "forcing" a kid to be vaccinated, but IMHO it's stupid
and dangerous not to vaccinate your kids, law or no law.
When I was in grade school, up until about the 3rd grade, there was no polio
vaccine. I can tell you that we were all scared to death of getting polio. Then
the field trials of the Salk vaccine began.
The program was called Polio Pioneers. Half of the school kids were given the
Salk vaccine, and half were given a placebo. Unfortunately, our school got
the placebo, and my next door neighbor got polio. He spent the rest of his
life walking with a gimp and without the use of his left arm.
My kids were born in Tonga, and the only vaccine required was for smallpox.
We brought them to the States, and they got the whole spectrum. Tonga
(which is near Samoa) now is struggling with over 400 reported cases of
measles, and at long last is getting serious about mandatory inoculations.
Long time too much stupid. Better late than ever.Last edited by PaulKidd; 12-05-2019 at 05:59 PM. Reason: typo
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