That is disingenuous.
I was fighting for my own daughter not to have to take this shot. The ONLY option I had was to get a *religious* exemption and not allow her to have *any* vaccines at all.
MY daughter has an immuno-deficiency. She is missing part of her immune system. We've had luck with traditional vaccines (which still don't work well with her body - she got measles after being fully vaccinated and the pneumonia vaccine didn't register. She had to get it again.)
With her weakened immune system, we didn't know how she would react to Gardisil. We don't have her vaccinated with anything that isn't tried and true and we don't expose her to anything that isn't necessary. (She's also vulnerable to autoimmune diseases and anything could set her off.)
Rick Perry's EXECUTIVE ORDER would make it impossible to manage my daughter's vaccines on a medical basis. It was an all-or-nothing situation.
My friend has a son who's allergic to eggs. There is NO opt-out option for this kid on a medical basis. In order for him to go to college, he had to vaccinated in the emergency room so they could deal with the anaphylactic shock. (The local schools were understanding and didn't push it when they got a note from the doctor, even though they were BREAKING STATE LAW by doing this.)
Oh and one more thing: My daughter received her last round of vaccines from the school nurse with no notification to me or permission from me. When I signed the normal 'going to school' paperwork, there was one allowing the school to administer emergency medical care to my daughter if she needed it. I was thinking that this meant that they'd apply pressure if she were bleeding out. In Texas, this also means that they can vaccinate her for anything without my express consent.
So don't tell me that there's an 'opt-out' option in Texas and do NOT imply that gardisil was optional.
Marie,
I am truly sorry to hear of your daughter’s immuno-deficiency. But I can not believe that Gov Rick Perry’s EO has caused all the problems you have attributed to him. It must be terribly frustrating to deal with your situation and I do sincerely wish you an easier time in the future.
I’m not arguing with you, but I don’t understand something you said:
I passed out letters home to my middle school students about a school shot clinic. They had to have a signed document from home in order to get those shots. No signed paper, no shots. The only way a kid without papers could have gotten the shot would have been by error.
I could be wrong, but I think you are in error when you say that “they can vaccinate her for anything without my consent.”