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With the clock running out on its final term, the Bloomberg administration is pushing two assertive new mandates through the city’s Board of Health.
The city Department of Health wants to require all children under age 5 in city-licensed day care programs receive annual flu vaccinations.
Patricia Finn, a lawyer who has sued the city for vaccination exemptions, said that the review process for obtaining waivers from the city and state is getting harder, particularly since the 2009 H1N1 scare.
Finn is currently representing a Staten Island family in federal court in an attempt to receive an exemption for their daughter.
“Children get 88 doses of diseases by the age of 5 in New York City,” said Finn. As for the proposed new flu vaccine requirement, she said that as she learned of it, “I almost fell out of my chair.”
The New York City law provides a religious exemption but does not provide an opt-out for families opposed to vaccinations for other reasons.
LosPollos
reply to post by gladtobehere
Whilst I don't think it should be mandatory, something at least has to be done about these idiot vaccination deniers and their pseudo-science confirmation bias.
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Bloomberg is a snake.
Vaccinations of any kind should not be mandatory unless there is a pandemic going on.
It's not fair religious reasons are allowed but personal reasons are not. There shouldn't be a reason to circle 'decline' anyways.
LosPollos
reply to post by gladtobehere
Whilst I don't think it should be mandatory, something at least has to be done about these idiot vaccination deniers and their pseudo-science confirmation bias.