{Disarmed} ...those who refuse to get their kids immunized will face criminal sanctions

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religious exemption: Oh God No!

philosophical exemption: Oh Hell No!

http://www.ushmm.org/research/doctors/Nuremberg_Code.htm

The great weight of the evidence before us is to the effect that certain types of medical experiments on human beings, when kept within reasonably well-defined bounds, conform to the ethics of the medical profession generally. The protagonists of the practice of human experimentation justify their views on the basis that such experiments yield results for the good of society that are unprocurable by other methods or means of study. All agree, however, that certain basic principles must be observed in order to satisfy moral, ethical and legal concepts:

1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.

-----Original Message-----From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ]On Behalf Of Holly BortfeldSent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:19 AMEOHarm Subject: {Disarmed} RE: "...those who refuse to get their kids immunized will face criminal sanctions"

Yes, that’s wrong. http://www.909shot.com/state-site/state-exemptions.htm 18 states now have philosophical.

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of H Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:11 AMEOHarm Subject: Re: "...those who refuse to get their kids immunized will face criminal sanctions"

Some states are more strict than others.

I think exemption laws apply to only certain states.

I believe that some 30 states are more difficult, although that may be wrong.

That's why the whole thing is so stupid.

If people don't want it, don't take it.

Convince them it is to their benefit to take it.

RE: "...those who refuse to get their kids immunized will face criminal sanctions"

I think you have to remember a small but important distinction in verbiage here. the sanctions are for people who fail to vaccinate but also fail to get the waiver. They just do nothing. These are the same parents who the government claim is the reason for the current vaccine protocol where they shove 32 shots into babies because parents fail to bring their kids back later. I would never ever vaccinate a child again, but I make sure I cross my t’s and dot my i’s. I don’t want the government to assume I forgot but would rather register my refusal and stand behind it. These parents laziness gets those of us with legitimate refusal rights into trouble.

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:12 PMEOHarm Subject: "...those who refuse to get their kids immunized will face criminal sanctions"

HEALTH CAREA Final Back-to-School Task: ImmunizationsDozens of Children Get Free Shots in Program Sponsored by City and HospitalBy Yolanda WoodleeWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, August 27, 2006; Page C11 Tyler was relieved when she saw on television that she could get free immunizations for her 3-year-old granddaughter Kapriah White, whom she wants to enroll in preschool."If I didn't know about this today, I don't know what I would have done," said Tyler, who unexpectedly became Kapriah's caretaker in May. She also has taken care of the little girl's 7-year-old sister, Kaprise, since December. "They kept saying the shots are a must for them to get back in school. I didn't have the money and no benefits." Murray, 10, watches as his sister Deiza, 9, receives a shot from Edna Hamilton on Thursday at an express clinic in downtown Washington. --Kapriah was one of 142 children who were vaccinated yesterday at the It's Wise to Immunize Family Fun Day at a recently built community center in Southeast Washington. An additional 144, including her sister, were told that they did not need shots. Instead of leaving with Band-Aids and tears, they took home new backpacks filled with books, crayons and markers.The program, in its 13th year, was sponsored by the D.C. Department of Health and the Children's National Medical Center. The children were given vaccinations against diseases such as chickenpox, hepatitis B, polio, measles, mumps and whooping cough.The immunizations are required by law before enrolling children in D.C. public schools, where classes start tomorrow. Children who do not have up-to-date immunizations will not be allowed to attend.D.C. Attorney General J. Spagnoletti said last week that parents and guardians who do not get their children enrolled in school and immunized can be prosecuted. Last school year, the attorney general's office filed charges against 67 parents who failed to have their children immunized."The goal is to make sure kids get off to a healthy start for the new school year," Spagnoletti said. "But those who refuse to get their kids immunized will face criminal sanctions."Mark Weissman, medical director of the Children's National Health Network, said the number of children getting vaccinations at the last minute has been dropping. The District is ahead of land and Virginia in tracking immunization records because of a new registry that collects data on children's shots.Weissman said that only 40 percent of the District's 60,000 school-age children had complete immunization records in 2001 but by last year the figure had risen to 97 percent. He credits a school nurses program, which is managed by Children's Hospital, for improving the rate by monitoring children's vaccinations."That's a huge public health success," Weissman said. "That's stunning."D.C. Council member A. Catania (I-At Large), chairman of the council's Health Committee, stopped by the makeshift immunization clinic and touted the city's preschool immunization program. A pink-and-beige-striped truck with a picture of a smiling teddy bear sat in the parking lot of the community center, called THEARC.Mr. Bear's Express, the result of an initiative pushed by Catania, visits day-care centers, Head Start programs and churches to connect children younger than 4 to health care.The city helped launch the health-care truck, which was unveiled in May, with $500,000 to equip and operate it. Catania said $300,000 is in the budget for next fiscal year to maintain the truck."It's not a perfect solution, but it's a good first step," Catania said as families stood in line to get their children vaccinated. "For these kids, there was no place for them to go before."For parents who missed yesterday's event, free immunizations are still available. A hotline in which a registered nurse can answer questions is at 202-884-5387.

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