(2009) H1N1 vaccine: Side-effects include affordable health care, a recovering economy, and gay marriage—Oh my!
Last week California's
House passed a bill to end personal belief exemptions, leaving only medical exemptions. After adding a grandfather clause (allowing students who currently claim a personal belief exemption the right to maintain it until their next vaccination checkpoint) to the bill, the California Senate voted today to
end personal belief exemptions.
The Senate reaffirmed the bill striking California's personal belief exemption for immunizations on a 24-14 vote. Mississippi and West Virginia are the only two states with such strict requirements in place.
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If the bill becomes law, medical exemptions would still be granted to children with serious health issues.
Children whose parents refuse vaccination can try to obtain a medical exemption or be homeschooled. Otherwise, school-age children who currently claim a personal belief exemption will need to get fully vaccinated by kindergarten and seventh grade, the state's two vaccine checkpoints.
It goes to Governor Jerry Brown's desk next.