Kids Shouldn't Die from Preventable Diseases... Act

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I think what we should be looking at is eliminating personal belief exemptions, but not religious ones. For one thing the numbers of sects that are morally against vaccinations are tiny, so herd immunity will cover them.

Generally speaking I think we should let people act according to their conscience unless there is an overriding reason not to, and in this case, given herd immunity, I don't think there is an overriding reason. If their numbers were enough to undermine herd immunity than we should override the objection because you don't have the right to hurt your child, but for these groups they don't, so it's not worth it.

Now I guess the argument that personal beliefs should be just as valid as religious ones, and I agree in principle with this, could be made at this point. But, in the case of vaccines the majority of exemptions are for personal beliefs and they tend to be based on bad science rather than dodgy ethics, so it's not so much a case of overriding someone's conscience.

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Yeah, I'm not going to press this point too much, because the numbers involved are tiny, and as pit says those people won't be going to public schools. I'll just emphasise that it's because the number involved were so tiny that I was fine with allowing an exception, as all but 2 states do.

Regarding the rest of the bill I obviously support it.

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