CDC Again Reports Low Exemption Rates for Kindergarten Children

Me and my husband have already discussed it. If there comes a day (probably much sooner than we think) that we can no longer bring our children to school unvaccinated, we will have no other option than to homeschool. This is not what our choice would normally be (to homeschool) but we would absolutely refuse to vaccinate our precious children and no one can force that upon us Ever! I just hope others are willing to do the same.

I live in Harrison nj and didn't have any problem enrolling my unvaccinated son to preschool , I tough it was going to be a little dificult. I hope it continues like that other wise me and my wife would do homeschool

I agree with Jackie. We are in Canada and there is more and awareness coming our way on both sides of the fence. If ever, I was put in the position to be 'forced' to vaccinate my child for public or private school, I would homeschool. Maybe this is a good thing as well, as more and more parents make these choices...a community forms...I would be happy to home school along side Jackie as our values and ethics brong us together...

I'm with you guys! My son is only two but if it ever comes down to it and I'm being forced to vaccinate in order to enroll my son in school then he will be homeschooled. End of discussion. And I agree with the poster who notes that maybe this will be a good thing as it will continue to build communities who share similar values. And the more I hear about our education system these days, the more I consider homeschooling anyway....but that's another topic! LOL ;)

I have been learning more and more about vaccines and unfortunately it has been after my 12 year old son had already received many vaccines. So my husband and I opted out with the State of Texas, no big deal and when I get ready to take the Affidavit to his Catholic school, they informed me the Nun running the schools in the Diocese had changed everything and would no longer accept religious belief exemptions! I could not believe it. So I had to track down an Medical Doctor who is also a Naturopath (sp?) to get him to do a letter stating he could not have the meningitis vaccine because of health reasons, which we used his eczema and asthma for the reasons. I would not be surprised if these conditions were not from the previous vaccines. Sorry to be so long winded but I am finding first hand what parents are going through, even his pediatrician gives me grieve over not vaccinating. Makes me crazy. But I would definitely home school if I had to.

Our daughter did not have the hepatitis B vaccine while we home schooled and the doctor agreed that it was not necessary. When she enrolled as a sophomore in a local high school, the nurse told us she had to have three hepatitis B vaccines or be denied a place at school. Each time the vaccine was given and we informed the nurse, she immediately wanted to know when the next one would be given. Our daughter was an energetic young woman and captain of the soccer team. She had the three vaccines in the shortest time possible. She has suffered with severe head pain that has never gone away in these seven years. She also has autonomic dysfunction. At times one side of her body is cold and the other hot. She has fainted and gets very tired. She is a fighter and pushes forward trying to achieve the best health she can. I wish we had known that we could have refused the vaccine. We did so with our youngest and were told he needed to leave school. I sat there tutoring him until they admitted him back in class. Parents know their children better than anyone and love them more. The best decisions will come from them.

We have waived vaccinations for our children their whole lives. But the colleges now are insisting on vaccines and this too must be fought. You must ask for the office of equity to get your waiver. In particular, the community college system where we live was not allowing any exemptions for the healthcare programs. This is against the law in the state of Arizona because it discriminates on the basis of religious belief (ARS 15-1862). My husband began a process 2 1/2 years ago to effect change. He slowly and painstakingly educated an educational system which did not understand the laws and did not want to be educated. Through appeals to the nursing program boards and college boards, and public records requests sent to colleges and healthcare facilities, he was finally able to get someone to agree that a waiver needed to be activated for students with medical or religious exemptions. Because of my husband's diligence (and this was extremely wearying) there is now a variance in place for vaccine waivers due to medical and religious reasons. The head of the nursing program said to us, "It was the right thing to do," when we thanked her. Our daughter is now in the local nursing program rather than having to go 2 1/2 hours from home, live with someone else, and attend where they said it isn't an issue. You may have to fight hard for your right to remain unvaccinated, but it is well worth it. I am a nurse. I am not vaccinated. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects my religious beliefs. But I was still put into the "Career Transition Program" by the major hospital system that bought out my small hospital. I am currently working in many different hospitals through registry assignments. There is no law stating that healthcare professionals must be vaccinated; they just need an annual TB test. And now there is Quantiferon Gold, a lab draw that will show negativity to TB instead of being shot up with TB garbage. Stay educated!! Work hard to maintain these rights!!

I have aplied for the religous exempt,with an extensive letter explaining my biliefs, but it was denied,I appealed They told me I have to get an interview with the department of health, on the phone or in person,it never happend!,They aloud my child stay all this year without a definit answer. Now the school told me that the appeal was dennied and I have 20 days to get my child vacinated or can't cameback. I am a single parent with a good Job and can't afford to home school, I have been crying all day,I am so tired of fighting them, the emotional rolocoster has take a toll so I will have to do it..........

Hey, moderator. That previous comment "too heavy" to post? It's sad. There is a medical tyranny in America, you people are afraid of it. Sad, really sad.

I understand many people are not having a hard time with exemptions now as far as enrolling your children in public school. What you do not realize is the bigger picture. The government is moving into its next pause of allowing your children to decide whether or not they should have vaccinations. They have practice vaccinating in schools all ready. Look it up. Check out the UN and its laws they recently passed. pretty scary if you ask me. We will not allow a child of ours to step in a public school at all. Homeschooling is not for everyone but if you feel this strongly about not vaccinating… you should start looking into homeschooling.

For any parent that is on the fence with vaccines, and especially a single parent who feels like she/he is fighting city hall all alone, take a few minutes and go to: www.followingvaccinations.com. All your reservations about refusing vaccines will disappear. Read any of the over 300 personal testimonies from parents all over the world, of their children's heartwrenching lifelong disorders, sicknesses and even deaths, and you will never again wonder which is worse; fighting for your rights for a few days/weeks/months, or fighting to keep your kid well/alive for the rest of his/her life.