Re: Hello, I'm a new comer - Re Doctor's Threat

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In a message dated 4/5/01 1:37:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

Keryl72093@... writes:

<<

> Anyway my babies doctor said that if we decided not to vaccinate she

would

>

*What legal action?! THis is ridiculous attempt at intimidation!

If you find another doc, great. If not, don't sweat it- well baby checks

are

ONLY needed to get vaxed. A parent is quite capable of telling whether or

not their child is growing well and there are FAR BETTER places to go to get

parenting advice than from a ped! LOL It is NOT against the law to not

vax.

Exemptions are only needed for school. >>

Unfortunately, I do not believe this is the case in all states. In VA for

example, parents are required by law to vaccinate their children for certain

diseases before the age of 1 unless they have a religious or medical

exemption. It's vital therefore to know the law before you start dealing with

doctors, schools etc. needs to find out ALL the laws relating to

vaccination in her state. (The WASHLAW website is useful for this but may not

have the most up to date information.)

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So Keryl, what state are you in? I have a booklet that has the vaccine laws

for all the states.

Kathleen

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<<In VA for

example, parents are required by law to vaccinate their children for certain

diseases before the age of 1 unless they have a religious or medical

exemption. >>

**THe Virginia State Department of Health seems to be unaware of

this law.

<A HREF= " http://www.vdh.state.va.us/imm/homepage.htm " >Virginia Division of

Immunization Homepage</A> While they certainly recommend

the whole slew of vaxs,I was unable to find anything having to do with 1 yr

olds. If you are able to find a link to this law, please do send it in so we

can all learn something new. Until then, I firmly stand behind my statement

that vaccines are only " mandatory " for schooling/ day care purposes and that

exemptions are only needed for that. THe CDC also only speaks of

recommendations up until school age.

<<It's vital therefore to know the law before you start dealing with

doctors, schools etc. needs to find out ALL the laws relating to

vaccination in her state. >>

** I absolutely agree which is in the links I provided to her in my

earlier post.

CherylO In MI

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<<So Keryl, what state are you in?  I have a booklet that has the vaccine

laws

for all the states>>

*It was another poster that needed state info, but thank you for the

offer. I believe the original poster was from N. Carolina....or was it New

York? LOL So many new people I can't keep 'em straight! =)

CherylO with her 3 philos exempt boys in MI- not that it matters since we

HS!

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this is compltetly new to me...I just thoght it was for school! Very

scary...

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Exemptions are only needed for school. >>

Unfortunately, I do not believe this is the case in all states. In VA for

example, parents are required by law to vaccinate their children for certain

diseases before the age of 1 unless they have a religious or medical

exemption. It's vital therefore to know the law before you start dealing

with

doctors, schools etc.

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I have a copy of the Vaccine Laws of Virginia from New Atlantean Press.

Section 32.1-46 states:

" A. The parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis of each child

within this Commonwealth shall cause such child to be immunized by vaccine

against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis before each

child achieves the age of one year, against Haemophilus influenzae type b

before he attains the age of 30 months, and against measles (rubeola), German

measles (Rubella) and mumps before such child attains the age of two years. "

I believe I was also able to access this statue on the Washlaw website (at

the moment it is not responding). I'm pretty sure the version on the Washlaw

website mentioned that the provisions applied even if the child was

homeschooled or out of school because of illness. If anyone knows of any

revisions which which revoke this statute please let me know.

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In a message dated 4/6/01 6:04:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, HShaw3419@...

writes:

> I have a copy of the Vaccine Laws of Virginia from New Atlantean Press.

> Section 32.1-46 states:

>

> " A. The parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis of each child

> within this Commonwealth shall cause such child to be immunized by vaccine

> against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis before each

> child achieves the age of one year, against Haemophilus influenzae type b

> before he attains the age of 30 months, and against measles (rubeola),

> German

> measles (Rubella) and mumps before such child attains the age of two years. "

>

>

At thinktwice.com (ie.,New Atlantean Press) under the section

" Mandatory Vaccines " they answered a question from a woman with an 11m old

*from Virginia* who did not want her DD to recieve anymore vaxs at her

upcoming 1 yr appointment. She expressed concern about getting an exemption.

THey emphatically responded that it was not mandatory for an 11 m old to be

vaccinated and that she didn't have to take any bull from the Dr. THey said

that the exemption would be needed for school, but not until then. <A

HREF= " http://thinktwice.com/mandate.htm " >

Immunizations are NOT Mandatory -- Thinktwice.com</A> So, based <somewhat> on

this conflicted info, but moreso on the Virginia Health Dept, I'd surmise

this statute has either been revoked or is just ignored. However, I would

hate to think I (and others) are advising people wrongly concerning

exemptions only needed for school/ nonvax is legal in ALL states, so I will

be calling NVIC on Monday to get the lowdown.

CherylO in MI

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>In VA for example, parents are required by law to vaccinate their children

>for certain diseases before the age of 1 unless they have a religious or

>medical exemption.

Hi all! We live in VA and our ped never brought this up. When the subject of

Vaccines came up we said we're not vaccinating. We just had to intial a

sheet of paper that had a list of the vaccines that we didin't want- which

was ALL of them!LOL. Our ped never gave it a second thought.

Dorinda

Richmond,VA

Odessa 9/9/00

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