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The State of Florida and County governments and school systems are making their annual push for vaccination in advance of the upcoming school year.
Sarasota for Vaccination Choice supports parental choice in vaccinations. Parents who wish to have their children vaccinated have the prerogative to do so.
Unfortunately, in its big push to promote mass vaccination, Florida governmental entities and schools often neglect to share important information about the availability of VACCINATION EXEMPTIONS for those who wish to utilize them.
See, for example, this recent press release from The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County:
3. Our main piece of advice which applies to anyone who has obtained a religious exemption under Florida statute, is this: do not waiver from the sole definition, that this is against your religious belief. This is your legal right and defense.
In Florida case law, there is Curry vs DOH (https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1265547.html) which does not allow anyone to question your religious beliefs. If you bring up concerns about side effects of vaccinations then you open yourself up to arguments against the legal religious exemption.
In summary: It is wise to thoroughly and carefully inform yourself before receiving any medical procedure, including vaccinations.
Note: This post brings no joy, despite the “win” so to speak. Vaccines can and do cause grievous harm and even death. God bless this child and her family. Money can not bring back health, nor assuage the guilt of thinking you were doing the right thing by your child, only to be shattered by the lie of complete vaccine safety.
O.R.* was a one-year-old healthy baby girl who was already walking and climbing. On February 13, 2013, she received vaccinations for Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR), Hepatitis A, Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib), Prevnar (pneumonia), and Varicella (chickenpox). That evening, the mother noticed baby O.R. was irritable and feverish. After a call to the pediatrician, the doctor advised Mom to give her Tylenol and Benadryl. The fever continued for several days and on the evening before the baby’s scheduled pediatrician visit, O.R. began having severe seizures. She was rushed to the emergency room. Baby O.R. went into cardiac and respiratory arrest and doctors placed her on a ventilator.
The seizures and cardiac arrest left O.R. with a severe brain injury, encephalopathy, cortical vision impairment, truncal hypotonia (low muscle tone), and kidney failure. After months of treatment at the hospital, baby O.R. finally went home, but her disabilities require specialized medical care and supervision around the clock for the rest of her life.
It’s July and many parents and college students are receiving their enrollment packages for the upcoming academic year. Families are also making new daycare decisions, or renewing daycare agreements.
As a parent, I have filled out my share of school enrollment packages and then mentored my adult children so that they could make their own decisions during the college enrollment process and beyond. I’ve both seen and experienced vaccine bullying, and I know first hand the importance of understanding vaccine policies and laws that govern the enrollment process.
This article provides timely vaccine resource information to assist our readers during enrollment and to prevent families and adults from being bullied into making vaccine decisions that do not align with their values and beliefs.
School Vaccine Requirements & Exemptions
NVIC receives numerous inquiries every year about school vaccine requirements and exemptions. School vaccine mandates (requirements) and exemptions vary from state to state because they are determined by each state’s legislature. You will need to understand the laws of your specific state.
State law also dictates how often school vaccine paperwork must be submitted, to whom that paperwork is submitted, as well as how personal vaccine information is shared with a state’s immunization information system (IIS), more commonly known as a vaccine registry.
State vaccine laws can also vary on which settings the law applies to, such as day care, K-12, and college, as well as whether or not the law applies to private schools. In Colorado, for example, the school vaccine law applies to day care facilities and private schools. Understanding how your state’s vaccine laws apply to a specific setting is helpful when completing enrollment documents.
Vaccine Requirements vs. Recommendations
Sadly, one of the stories often shared by parents with NVIC is that they have been incorrectly told by a school official, health care professional, or day care professional that all vaccines on the CDC’s recommended childhood schedule are required for enrollment. Exemption information is often not disclosed in these conversations.
While there are some states and private institutions that do require all federally recommended vaccines as a condition of enrollment, the majority of states require fewer vaccines than the 69 doses recommended by the CDC from birth to age 18. Additionally, most states offer varying degrees of vaccine exemptions. NVIC provides an overview of the difference between a vaccine requirement and a vaccine recommendation that many readers have found helpful as they navigate school and day care enrollment requirements.
