Of the 28 children enrolled in kindergarten at the school during the 2017-2018 school year,
about 19 claimed religious exemption from vaccines
— a higher rate of exemptions than all but two other schools in the state, according to the Citizen Times.
"When we see high numbers of unimmunized children and adults, we know that an illness like chickenpox can spread easily throughout the community
— into our playgrounds, grocery stores, and sports teams.”
Despite evidence pointing to immunizations as an effective way to protect against diseases like chickenpox,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this year
that the percentage of children with no vaccinations under the age of 2 quadrupled since 2001.(Emphasis Mine)
Anti-vaccination sentiments have taken off among some communities in recent years,
spurred by the myth that vaccines are linked to increased rates of autism
that dates back to a now-debunked and retracted 1998 study."
The CDC also found an overall increase in exemption rates for kindergarten-age children,
with Oregon holding the highest median rate.
Best thing that could happen to that school. Bravo! This is what is meant to happen. Chicken pox is fine at elementary age, protective against many worse outcomes, gone in a week or so. Good for them. Hope it happens at my school. It’s a normal childhood illness.
This is the worst vaccine around in terms of efficacy and last. I had two sons get the chicken pox from the same outbreak. One had been vaccinated and the other not. The unvaccinated child had normal chicken pox. Outbreak all over the body as the virus is healed through the skin exits. Uncomfortable couple of days. Then he was playing and happy while we kept him home for a week until his pox disappeared.
The vaccinated child was about 10, got very few pox on his trunk, maybe 7, but was very ill and didn’t get out of bed for a week. He was much sicker. And those who get vaccinated but don’t get chicken pox (maybe they were not exposed), have a huge risk of the vaccine’s efficacy dying right when they are busy young adults, and don’t even think about going to get vaccine boosters, and they then are threatened with a much more severe case.
The number of vaccines given to children has become ridiculous. Is there any one who thinks that injecting mercury into kids has no bad effects?
Given that the flu shot is so ridiculously ineffective, I am told by many medical personnel, that the only reason they take it is that they are forced to.
Given that HHS has not been monitoring for safety as required by law, Pharma is protected from lawsuits and has no incentive for 100% safety, I would not permit my kids to have anything that wasn’t required for school.
And I would avoid giving so many until the child is older. And not so many at once. JMHO