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Should schools be strict or lenient about vaccination requirements?

Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)

• It should be a parent's decision, not the governments.

• The children are FORCED to go there in the first place.

• Strict rules are needed to prevent recurrence of polio,pertussis,tetanus

• If specifice requirements are not mandated, people will never adhere to the requirements. As we con

• they should be strict about diseases and vaccinations. Diseases kill children + adults

• vaccines may contain a load of toxins so i think people should be able to say no

• should be stricter on the vaccines

• unchecked inmigrants should be examined before entry

• Prevention better than cure!!

• nobody WANTS to be sick.

• For the safety of our children it should be mandatory, live in America, we make the rules here!

• Let the parent decide!

• As long as the vaccinations required have been approved by the FDA and are known to be safe.

• They're cramming too much crap into vaccines that can trigger dormant developmental disorders!

• Parents should be able to raise their children as they see fit; you don't like it vaccinate your own

• illegal immigrants come in with no shots. We had measle outbreak

• Vaccines are out of control

• CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF VACCINES THE KIDS GET THEY REALLY SHOULD SPREAD THEM OUT AND START 1 YR

• fear never did stop an epidemic but vaccines save lives.

• On what planet would allowing preventable contagious diseases to regain a foothold be good health?

• govt. should help all kids with vaccinations!

• Human beings are not one vaccine fits all!!!

• It is the parents choice.

• ruinous reactions

• Absolutely, often only old need vaccinations

• Vaccines are out of control, not the govs job, kids need healthy immune system, not attacked ones.

• anyone for some autism?

• If they take the mercury out of the vaccine preservative,then Yes

• This one is a no-brainer.

• Absolutely, yes.. before we see children dying from diseases that are easily controllable.

• pharmaceutical companies in 2009 are what tobacco companies were in the forties

• Definitely Lenient! Only a parent knows what is best for their child!

• It's our constitutional right to say no!

• More lenient; it's a personal chioce.

• I think the it should be up to the parent to decide what is best for their child.

• The family should have a family physician evaluate vaccinations.

• Private schools Ok Public no way

• This is America, we should have freedom of choice.

• Very lenient

• and too much big pharma influence in making laws

• strict - the benefits outway the risks for the majority; asks your relatives ask polio in '50s

• Religion has no place in the classroom, nor does Disricts forcing vaccination.

• vaccination decisions should be made by parents

• Don't stomp on freedom of choice

• Parents should have the right to choose what's best for their children.

• it's a private decision

• Now 58, I still remember the horrible pain from Mumps, shear terror of whooping cough + measles pain

• Vaccines can cause harm to innocent children.

• freedom of choice

• I think it should be the parent's choice. There has been too many diseases affecting from the vacci

• Too many vaccines!! How many more can we inject into our children unnecessarily!

• Parents MUST have the ultimate authority over vaccinations for their children.

• Vaccines carry too many risks to be mandatory for school.

• vaccines are NOT fully tested

• Green our Vaccines!

• Seek TRUTH behind toxicity of vaccines

• check out homefirst.com 23000 non vaccinated children 0 Autism!

• One size does not fit all.

• Vaccines can also be deadly and should be a choice, not a requirement

• when vaccines are proven safe and necessary, ask me again!

• It's a parents' right to choose!!

• Let parents make decisions for their children

• there should be no requiremnet through the education system

• wake up folks! dangerous stuff here!

• Parents should choose how and when to medicate their children - not states.

• too many too soon too toxic!

• too many vaccinations are required with potential side effects worse than the disease

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