The Illinois State Board of Health has approved new recommendations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and The Illinois Department of Education to require all students in sixth grade through senior year of high school to have an additional vaccination.
The students will now need to show proof of receiving the Tdap booster shot. The vaccine immunizes against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
“We’ve seen an increase in pertussis, or whooping cough, in Illinois during the last six years. Medical experts have found whooping cough has been on the rise in pre-teens and teens, indicating a waning immunity from infant and childhood immunizations,” said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck in a press release.
Last year, Illinois required sixth and ninth grade students to receive the vaccine.
Students must either show proof of having received this vaccination, must have an appointment to get the vaccine or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file.
Students who do not meet one of these three conditions by Oct. 15, 2013, will not be allowed to attend school until they do.
For the sixth and ninth graders who already got the vaccine, they do not need to get another shot, but do need to show proof of being vaccinated previously.
Information provided by the Illinois State Board of Education
Do you think the state of Illinois should be telling us how to vaccinate our children? Do you think it’s fair that those who refuse vaccinations will not be allowed to attend school? Tell us in the comments section.
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And live to the ripe old age of 50, if we're lucky? Often times dieing from simple things like abscessed teeth, the common cold or a simple infection? No thanks, I'll take my chances with modern medicine and good sized chunk of moderation in everything else.
in the name of reason, please put a stop to this!
If people only knew how many children in our public school systems are not vaccinated they would be shocked. This has been going on for years and no one has said a word. Thanks to the internet and blogs like this we're all finding out the dirty little secrets that have been going on in our world. My children have never been on antibiotics in their lives, never been sick enough to be put on them. Their friends are always on them and getting sick, amazing.
Are you incapable of having a garden?You can grow a large amount of the veggies you consume. Buy better quality meat. Don't eat all the processed junk that is offered at the store. Yes, it is more expensive, but you will save on your medical costs. Exercise and eat well, the key to a healthy lifestyle.
The truth is, no matter how small the amount... Mercury, Aluminum Formaldehyde Aborted fetal cells And the list goes on...not ethical, it's toxic sludge, it's criminal to inject your healthy baby with, and the bottom line is...I don't vaccinate my children for the exact same reasons you do vaccinate yours!!! I want to keep my children healthy, and they are...never been on antibiotics never been sick! So again, tell me how your vaccinated child is at risk to my unvaccinated...
this thread has officially jumped the shark. Nice work!
Look at what they are injecting your chhild with. They are slowly killing us off. I am NOT going to debate....just read up on it. Check out the FB page. THE GREATER GOOD and start there.
Did you even read, or better yet, comprehend, what I wrote? Why do you think people died of such simple things back in the day? Do you not think that they could have simply washed their hands, and brushed their teeth? Or do you also eschew the use of soap and toothpaste (they have antimicrobial agents and chemicals in them, you know.) And yes, I have a very nice little garden that I tend annually. We don't eat all of the crap that is available. In fact, we are a very healthy family, frequent users of the local YMCA fitness center. We do not, however, turn our backs on modern medicine. it has it's place in society.
That is actually not true. When an outbreak in Iowa effects more vaccinated people than non vaccinated then that is real data. You are wrong on the veggies sorry to say....do reading on fermented foods and veggies and fruit....I have seen first hand it cure cancer....my husband being one of them because he grew up with a mother feeding him dry milk and canned foods and that was the only diet...no veggies. God gave us the means to be healthy but it's your choice whether you do it or not. Go ahead and stay with your processed food and shots....lets see where that takes you. When I see 23 year olds by thousands going to the Dr. for an 80 year old disease RA that's a problem. Like others have said do your research....watch the ones on clean food and lifestyle thrive.
Let's agree to disagree.
Our coal industry should be forced to put the snuffers back on their stacks for the sake of our children,s lungs. Big business big money rules this world!
Stop reading propaganda. Cancer is not a virus.
However, for seniors 65 and older, this year's flu shot was found to be only 9 percent effective against the more virulent H3N2 strain, the report showed. Overall, the flu vaccine was found to be 56 percent effective at reducing the need for medical visits caused by the illness. That's around the initial 62 percent effectiveness figure the CDC reported in January based on early test results collected from 1,155 children and adults who went to doctors with respiratory infections.