Refusing Mandatory Vaccination

I totally agree with you, I can understand childhood vaccinations to some degree but making someone take a vaccine that does not have enough research to back it up, is like forcing someone to play russian roulette even though they value their lives. As much as I love nursing, there is no way someone is going to force me to take something that I don't have enough facts on. I would have to look into another profession. Once you have been silly enough to let someone inject you with something you really don't know enough about, is that, once it's in, and something adverse happens to you, you won't be able to blame anyone but yourself for not being informed. There is no way anyone is going to force me to do anything that I don't feel comfortable doing. Thanks again for the informative post.

"The varicella vaccine has been in widespread use since the mid-nineties. They are not experimental. "

ROFLOL, a vaccine that has been around for a certain amount of time is your proof that it is not experimental?

Follow the herd to your own peril. Its amazing how well government propaganda works. Even Doctors and Nurses buy into it.

Driving a car is more dangerous than chicken pox, so do you think we should ban cars so everyone should be safe? There is no logic behind the chicken pox vaccine.

If nursing students are not adequetly immunized then that would lead us to believe that the entire adult population is not immunized even though we all had our shots as children. If this is true then why hasnt there been a major outbreak of diptheria, measels, mumps, etc? Hmm, see how this is not making any sense?

We were allowed to decline the Hep B vaccine, but the others were required - 2 MMRs, varicella (I had to get a titer), DT booster. We just got a memo this week stating that if we didn't have the vaccines by the 22nd, we wouldn't be able to attend clinicals. It's the school's policy, and there's nothing me or any other student could do about it.

And don't even get me started on the dangers of vaccines. Those "facts" have been proven over and over again to be, well, BS.

we were allowed to decline the hep b vaccine, but the others were required - 2 mmrs, varicella (i had to get a titer), dt booster. we just got a memo this week stating that if we didn't have the vaccines by the 22nd, we wouldn't be able to attend clinicals. it's the school's policy, and there's nothing me or any other student could do about it.

and don't even get me started on the dangers of vaccines. those "facts" have been proven over and over again to be, well, bs.

state vaccine requirements - national vaccine information center

and...where are you getting your information that formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum, aborted fetal tissue (among other animal products) is safe to inject in a human? i know of a few kids that have died after getting the mmr vaccine and i personally know a child that now suffers from seizures after getting the dtap. :/ like it or not, despite what you're taught in nursing classes and micro....the dangers are real.

Here is an article regarding aluminum...

http://www.chop.edu/export/download/pdfs/articles/vaccine-education-center/aluminum.pdf

I am not trying to disregard your opinions or experiences. I'm a young mother and at first wasn't sure if I should get my newborn vaccinated. I did a lot of research on the topic and eventually I arrived at the conclusion that vaccination would be the best choice.

If nursing students are not adequetly immunized then that would lead us to believe that the entire adult population is not immunized even though we all had our shots as children. If this is true then why hasnt there been a major outbreak of diptheria, measels, mumps, etc? Hmm, see how this is not making any sense?

Look into whooping cough.