Perry used an EO to make the vaccines available at no cost to families that wanted it. He used the system in place to help Texan families fight cancer.
The opt out was already in place for those families that didn’t want it.
What part of this upsets you?
This post might answer your question.
If there was an “opt-out” then why is this EO being characterized as mandatory? We have an opt-out for the mandatory flu vaccine that only allows for religious reasons or an allegy to the vaccines. I guess this all goes back to what kind of world do you want to live in? The Nanny State that tries to eliminate all risk (unsuccessfully) and Freedom, where I get to decide what risks I will take. If you make provisions for one person to opt out, then that must be a safe alternative that I should also be afforded based on my own convictions.