Health Care & Hospital Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 29, 2014
Limiting vaccine exemptions benefits all
Measles is back. And as of January, a parent must obtain the signature of a health practitioner to claim an exemption from vaccination, but Gov. Brown stated that he will create a religious exemption to the law.
Measles is back in California. The California Department of Health reported 36 cases as of March 21, most of them in the unvaccinated (including at least 14 in people intentionally unvaccinated). Last year we had three cases of measles.
Measles is not a mild disease. Even today, it can cause brain damage, deafness, pneumonia and even death.
Europe - modern, developed Europe - faced a measles outbreak in recent years, mostly because of unsubstantiated fears about vacc...
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