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New vaccinations required for some students
Published Friday, July 25, 2008
Alabama requires that each student be immunized against contagious diseases that can be easily spread by close contact like sharing snacks, school bathrooms, recess and hands-on activities.
Some of these diseases seem uncommon, but immunizing children keeps the school system safe from diseases that can be deadly for young children.
Most children should be vaccinated from several serious diseases by the age of four. All children going to Head Start or kindergarten must be up to date on their shots.
Students must be vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, varicella and polio generally before registration.
At 12-years-old, some students will need a tetanus booster. Chilton County Health Department nurse supervisor LuDean Hicks said a student’s school sends notification to parents if a booster is needed.
“We’ll try to work them in if we can,” she said.
Parents must call and set up an appointment, but if an appointment is unavailable before the first day of class, students can get a temporary blue slip stating that the student will be receiving the booster or series of vaccinations at the designated appointment time. The slip will allow students to attend school temporarily.
Hicks said the Chilton County Health Department is officially administering shots for students on Aug. 1 and 8.
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Posted by donnymhayes (anonymous) on July 25, 2008 at 11:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Parents should have a choice about what gets injected into their children...the state has no right to force this on us.
Concerned parents should read this FDA report:
http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s...
The vaccines your children are forced to take are produced under questionable quality control conditions. Note the multiple mentions of 'contaminants' in the vaccines. This is one report. Google and you'll find more. Remember the FDA approved VIOXX and KETEK. We all remember the heart attack deaths related to VIOXX. Ketek is still approved, even though the FDA admits that fraud occurred (an Alabama doctor was prosecuted for her role in faking drug trials) and even after many confirmed cases of liver damage, some leading to death.
Vaccines can be a very good thing, but only if we can trust that the vaccines are produced in a 100% sterile environment, are tested thoroughly and don't include harmful preservative agents.
You owe it to yourself to ask questions about drugs being forced on your children by the government.
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