California School Nurses - vaccination record question

sergel02, BSN · Mar 3

Hmm yeah the only exemptions that are allowed are medical, no religious or personal ones.

My districts gets many students from other countries who have different records or different vaccination schedules, and what we've done is do the catch up schedule that's on Shots for School I believe. They need to at least be conditional to enter the classroom.

k1p1ssk, BSN, RN · Mar 7

Surprise Surprise - I got their religious exemptions this morning! Our state still allows them (for now).

sergel02, BSN · Mar 7

k1p1ssk said:

Surprise Surprise - I got their religious exemptions this morning! Our state still allows them (for now).

Hmm I wonder if that influenced their decision to move. We've had parents get super angry about vaccination requirements, even with education about why it's so important for the health of their kid and public health, and threaten to leave the state. Few actually follow through.

toomuchbaloney · Mar 7

k1p1ssk said:

Surprise Surprise - I got their religious exemptions this morning! Our state still allows them (for now).

I expect that the vaccine requirements for public school attendance will be eliminated in the near future.

k1p1ssk, BSN, RN · Mar 7

toomuchbaloney said:

I expect that the vaccine requirements for public school attendance will be eliminated in the near future.

I think that determination is state by state hence why some allow religious exemptions and some do not. Even which vaccines are required varies widely (I was surprised to see so many states require HepA). There would be a lot of red tape for the Great Pumpkin to cut through to change the laws around that. He could sign an executive order and threaten funding for schools, but our state takes very little from the feds and has already stated they would fill any gaps left by federal funding drying up in order to keep our schools in their current working order. Yes, it may still happen, but I don't think it will be a super fast process.

toomuchbaloney · Mar 7

k1p1ssk said:

I think that determination is state by state hence why some allow religious exemptions and some do not. Even which vaccines are required varies widely (I was surprised to see so many states require HepA). There would be a lot of red tape for the Great Pumpkin to cut through to change the laws around that. He could sign an executive order and threaten funding for schools, but our state takes very little from the feds and has already stated they would fill any gaps left by federal funding drying up in order to keep our schools in their current working order. Yes, it may still happen, but I don't think it will be a super fast process.

You make good points. When the feds stop making recommendations for vaccination through ACIP (they are currently not meeting by order of the king) and stop subsidizing the common vaccines, or stop funding the VICP, vaccination rates will fall as cost to parents go up. Add to that the marketing that will be employed to convince people that it's all OK. No need to worry about vaccination.

sergel02, BSN · Mar 8

I do worry for people in states with less strict vaccine requirement. The CDC now is starting to study the link between vaccines and autism (which there is none) which will just fuel the antivax ideologies, and damage their own reputation. Some politicians are promoting measles parties, not understanding how measles works.

I certainly try my hardest to convince parents of kids who have IEPs to get all their vaccines but it's an uphill battle some days, and there's always other work to do.