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Americans have become very skeptical of vaccines after the tyrannical mandates associated with Covid and the ineffectiveness of the vaccine.
According to data from the CDC released in January, “vaccination rates for U.S. kindergartners have dropped for two years straight.”
CDC offered an explanation that may point to a part of the problem, saying that the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted children’s vaccination schedules making it harder for schools to track.
The more plausible explanation is a lack of confidence in vaccines and U.S. health officials after being lied to for several years.
People started doing their own research and using critical thinking skills to decide what is best for their children. Blind faith in doctors has gone out the window.
Fox News reported that “a Kaiser Family Foundation poll in December found less support among parents for school vaccine requirements compared with a 2019 survey. CDC data shows chickenpox vaccination rates fell more sharply than the rate for shots for measles, mumps and rubella.”
In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are standing up to school vaccine requirements and fighting on behalf of parents.
Democrat Governor Tony Evers’ new policy would require students to get vaccinated twice against meningitis and tightens the chicken pox vaccine mandate.
The GOP controls the state legislature’s rules committee. They are holding a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss the policy. It’s probable that the committee will vote to block the policy shortly after the hearing.
The committee’s co-chair, Republican Sen. Steve Nass, sent a message to his constituents and called the new policy provisions “arbitrary and capricious.”
The rules committee blocked the policy in the last legislative session and is preparing to do it again.
“Unfortunately, Governor Evers, the (state Department of Health Services), and legislative Democrats vigorously oppose the right of parents and adults to make free decisions regarding immunizations,” committee co-chair Nass said in his message.
In previous years, the meningitis vaccine was not a requirement for school students. The state health officials announced last month that they were adding the requirement for the next school year.
It would require those entering 7th grade to have the meningitis vaccine and those entering 12th grade to get the booster.
Students entering any grade from K through 6th must be vaccinated against chicken pox or provide evidence of having had the chicken pox virus from a healthcare provider to receive an exemption.
“Families can still seek waivers from the meningitis vaccination and chickenpox proof requirements for medical, religious, or philosophical reasons, just as they can for other vaccinations.”
A new definition of an outbreak by the agency will pose another problem for those exempting their children from the vaccines.
An outbreak will now include “five or more cases of chickenpox and three or more cases of meningitis.”
Mike Mikalsen, an aide for Senator Nass, said the updated definition will cause “undue hardship for students because under state health department rules, if an outbreak occurs in a school or child care center, students can be excluded until they’re immunized against the disease or until the department declares the outbreak over.”
