04-25-2019, 03:13 PM
All 50 states now accept valid medical reasons as vaccination exemptions for school enrollment.
Most states accept religious beliefs as valid reasons to exempt vaccination (47 states).
And 17 states accept philosophical objections as grounds for vaccination exemption.
This is a good chart by state: https://vaccines.procon.org/view.resourc...eID=003597
I don’t think the number of children with valid medical conditions or religious parents has grown much, if at all, over the years. Seems more likely to me that the increased number of parents who are philosophically opposed to vaccinations based on ignorance and false rhetoric are responsible for the rise in measles cases.
Most states accept religious beliefs as valid reasons to exempt vaccination (47 states).
And 17 states accept philosophical objections as grounds for vaccination exemption.
This is a good chart by state: https://vaccines.procon.org/view.resourc...eID=003597
I don’t think the number of children with valid medical conditions or religious parents has grown much, if at all, over the years. Seems more likely to me that the increased number of parents who are philosophically opposed to vaccinations based on ignorance and false rhetoric are responsible for the rise in measles cases.