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procon

(15,805 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:05 PM Jun 2015

California just approved one of the strictest mandatory vaccine laws

Science trumps hocus pocus!

The California Assembly struck down the personal belief exemption that allows parents to opt kids out of vaccinations for religious reasons. "Under the new rules, only children with serious health problems (such as a compromised immune system) would be exempt from mandatory vaccination schedules, and those who opt out will have to be homeschooled."

Now we wait and see if the governor will sign it.

more:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/26/the-california-assembly-just-approved-one-of-nations-strictest-mandatory-vaccine-laws/

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California just approved one of the strictest mandatory vaccine laws (Original Post) procon Jun 2015 OP

He should HassleCat Jun 2015 #1

Good, hope Gov. Brown signs it. I was a bit surprised that MS and WV are the petronius Jun 2015 #2

Good. I think the measles outbreak in Disneyland taught everyone a lesson. nt SunSeeker Jun 2015 #3

another movement... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #4

Does this mean the end to the Raggedt Ann doll? mackerel Jun 2015 #5

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. He should

Reply to procon (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:10 PM

Jun 2015

Brown is a fairly pragmatic, no BS type of governor. This is funny because he's the first guy in a while to take control and make some headway in a state many people were calling "ungovernable." This is such a contrast to the image he got back when he was dating Lida Ronstadt and Mike Royko named him "Governor Moonbeam."

petronius

(26,602 posts)

2. Good, hope Gov. Brown signs it. I was a bit surprised that MS and WV are the

Reply to procon (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:22 PM

Jun 2015

other two states that don't allow a religious exception: had I been asked, those would not have been in my first 35-40 guesses.

Still, it looks like the loophole most CA opt-outers have been using isn't religious specifically, but rather 'personal,' and as the article points out, barring that exemption is much more common: "Thirty-two other states bar vaccination exemptions based on personal or moral beliefs."