BOSTON - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
But public health officials say it takes only a few people to cause an outbreak that can put large numbers of lives at risk.
"When you choose not to get a vaccine, you're not just making a choice for yourself, you're making a choice for the person sitting next to you," said Dr. Lance Rodewald, director of the CDC's Immunization Services Division.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071018/ap_on_re_us/vaccine_skeptics
2007-10-18 03:22:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Drix: did you actually read the article.
2007-10-18 06:08:58 · update #1
I feel vaccines should be mandatory. I have no problem with freedom of religion, but that doesn't mean you should be putting others at risk.
People confuse freedom of religion with the right to do anything they want because of religion. We will not and cannot punish someone or outlaw religious beliefs, but we also do not have to cater and pander to them either.
She has the right not to vaccinate her child, she just doesn't have the right to send the child to public school. We offer the right to home school for various reasons and religion is one of them. If she chooses not to vaccinate based upon religious beliefs she does have the right to home school, and her local government and school board will give her all the resources to teach her child.
2007-10-18 03:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Honestly, on headline and people are in an uproar. Do you know anything about exemptions? They have been around for a long time. There are medical, religious, and many states have philosophical exemptions. To get a religious exemption you do not need a proof of religious affiliation and it is actually illegal to ask for proof of one. You would probably be surprised to find how easy it is to get exemptions in most states nowadays.
As parents we should be allowed to make decisions for our children's health, and vaccinations are a part of that. As it stands now, unless you somehow get the law changed(which I highly doubt that will happen) unvaccinated children are allowed to go to public school, providing they file for exemptions. If you are so worried about your children, they why don't you home-school them?
2007-10-19 16:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by iamhis0 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we can't risk the Taliban becoming strong enough to topple Pakistan, which has nukes. If Pakistan falls, 20ish nukes will fall into the hands of the people who have a close relationship with al-Qaeda. I don't have to explain why that is bad. Our continued presence in Afghanistan is of the utmost importance.
2016-05-23 08:25:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every other child has to have them to enter preschool, grammer school, so it should be no different for her child. No shots, No preschool, period. These kind of people need to live and abide by our ways, and if not, then let them leave our country. Why risk the safety and the lives of our children, or anyone from that fact?
2007-10-18 03:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
This child needs to be vaccinated. I don't want my kids in a school with the possibility of them getting infected.
2007-10-18 03:29:14 · answer #5 · answered by TRUE PATRIOT 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's obvious they're using religion to keep from having to vaccinate their kids. It's all a scam.
2007-10-18 03:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Her deeply held religious beliefs are a choice for home schooling.
Al Queda has a deeply held religious belief that because we have not converted to Islam we should be killed. Should we accommodate them?
2007-10-18 03:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
That's fine, don't get vaccinated. Just don't plan on attending public school. Have fun home schooling them.
2007-10-18 03:29:23 · answer #8 · answered by booman17 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Absolutely.
While I am all about freedom, when one persons behavior affects hundreds of others their religious views must take a back seat.
2007-10-18 03:26:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Right on! The kid don't gotta take em and the school board (according to law) don't gotta let him go to school. Let's see who wins in about ten years. Meanwhile her son will go up a dummy. I said the gottas to be funny.
2007-10-18 03:27:51 · answer #10 · answered by citizenvnfla 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋