Posts by 4babes

My understanding is that it may be possible to legally challenge the paperwork, depending on how it reads.  (Eg. if it is not factual.)   I'm not sure if anyone knows the exact language yet, but Vermont Coalition for Vaccine...

There's pox in Vermont right now -- check out the VT, NH, Maine tribe. 

Does anyone live in Burlington 3-5 district or Woodbury, Elmore, Worcester, or Morristown?  If so, can you PM me...? thx!

The legislature is on break this week, and presumably the bill will go to the House the following week.  If you want to find your legislator: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/findmember4.cfm?Town=Montpelier   I've...

A couple more things:   1) If anyone lives in Washington county, it would be great to thank Anthony Pollina who was the only person to oppose the bill in committee.  A little appreciation goes a long...

Sorry - I haven't been checking in!   As autumnVT wrote, S. 199 was voted out of the Senate Health and Welfare committee and will be on the Senate floor for a full vote in the next couple of days.  Now is an excellent...

I ran into Anthony yesterday and got a quick sense of what's going on.   He said that it is hard to tell what other committee members are thinking, but that he has received a lot of mail on this issue (my sense was that much...

I just sent an email message to the committee and I know of at least two others who have done the same.  Numbers really count in the statehouse.  If both parents can weigh in, even better!

I'm not feeling quite as alarmed as I was, but definitely want to stay on top of this.   I talked to our school nurse, who believes 100% in vaccinations but thinks this bill is the wrong way to go about it, and is ready to go...

I still can't find the link to the article but here's a link to the bill: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Bills/Intro/S-199.pdf