Weird requirements for IL?

[MyZoeJane]

So I am comparing Dr. Sears' delayed vax schedule to the vax "requirements" for IL.... Maybe I'm not understanding... but it seems to me that in several instances IL requires fewer doses of each vax than the Dr. Sears schedule recommends?

So far, after reading through the jargon, IL "requires" that children entering kindergarten must have:

http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/...50B02400R.html


4 doses of DTap (same as Dr. Sears)
3 doses of Polio (Dr. Sears' schedule does 4)
1 dose of measles (" " recommends one solo vax and one combined MMR)
1 dose of rubella ( " " recommends one solo vax and one combined MMR)
1 dose of mumps (" " recommends one solo vax and one combined MMR)
NO HiB over age 5 (" " recommends 4 doses)
3 doses of Heb B (same as Dr. Sears)
1 dose of Varicella (Dr. Sears recommends 2 doses)


So what I am trying to digest here is this:

Dr. Sears' schedule is for those who wish to attain "full immunization".... yet IL State doesn't require as many vaxes. If I were to only follow what IL requires for kindergarten, does that mean my child will not have maximum immunity to polio, measles, mumps, rubella, or varicella? Why wouldn't IL require "full immunization"?

Are my questions making sense? LOL

[Baby_Vol]

We don't vax for religious reasons, but if I were you and wanted to vax in IL ....honestly, I would just go by the IL schedule. They have those recommendations for a reason, so they must think it's enough. In all honesty, no vaccine (no matter how many doses) is 100% effective anyway. I wouldn't do more, but that's just me.

[kiara7]

Dr. Sears is working off CDC recommended schedule. Individual states usually require fewer vaccines than the CDC recommends.

[MyZoeJane]

Interesting to know! I amonly interested in doing what isnecessary for "compliance" for school. My DD will start Kindergarten this year, and though she is mostly vaxed, I am glad to know I wont need to get her the second MMR dose or the 4th dose of Polio! I am still irked that although we've attempted to infect her with chicken pox three times since she was two, she stillhad not contracted a visible case. I plan to have her titers checked this month at her physical, but if she comes back not immune, I am going to be very ticked!

My only hope is that I can get away with not vaxing her since I am pregnant right now and not due until a couple of weeks after she starts school. I don't know if her doc will make an "exception" for this and write a medical contraindication on her form or not. I hope so!

Anyhow, it's good to know the school requirements so I can plan my delayed vaxing schedule for this new little guy after he comes!

[Ruthla]

Even if your Dr is willing to give her a medical exemption based on your pg (which he or she may not be willing to do), it's only going to be temporary. You'll have to give her the vaccines in 6 months or a year, or however long the exemption is good for.

[MyZoeJane]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

Even if your Dr is willing to give her a medical exemption based on your pg (which he or she may not be willing to do), it's only going to be temporary. You'll have to give her the vaccines in 6 months or a year, or however long the exemption is good for.

Yeah, I know that, but I'll surely take that extra time to try to get her infected naturally one more time! The pox seem to be most rampant in my area in the spring... by then my newest baby would be 7 or 8 months old and I'd be okay with getting him infected, too.

[rlenk]

It is my understanding that you need two doses of measles, but not mumps or rubella. The doc will just give you the MMR though.

Also, you will need four doses of polio if you received any of them as a combo shot.

Finally, Hep B is only a requirement for 5th grade.

[cschick]

Originally Posted by MyZoeJane

So I am comparing Dr. Sears' delayed vax schedule to the vax "requirements" for IL.... Maybe I'm not understanding... but it seems to me that in several instances IL requires fewer doses of each vax than the Dr. Sears schedule recommends?

So far, after reading through the jargon, IL "requires" that children entering kindergarten must have:

http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/...50B02400R.html


4 doses of DTap (same as Dr. Sears)
3 doses of Polio (Dr. Sears' schedule does 4)
1 dose of measles (" " recommends one solo vax and one combined MMR)
1 dose of rubella ( " " recommends one solo vax and one combined MMR)
1 dose of mumps (" " recommends one solo vax and one combined MMR)
NO HiB over age 5 (" " recommends 4 doses)
3 doses of Heb B (same as Dr. Sears)
1 dose of Varicella (Dr. Sears recommends 2 doses)


So what I am trying to digest here is this:

Dr. Sears' schedule is for those who wish to attain "full immunization".... yet IL State doesn't require as many vaxes. If I were to only follow what IL requires for kindergarten, does that mean my child will not have maximum immunity to polio, measles, mumps, rubella, or varicella? Why wouldn't IL require "full immunization"?

Are my questions making sense? LOL

IL hasn't updated their vaccine requirements recently. The 2 doses of varicella is a very recent recommendation (within the past 2 years, I believe) ; I expect that IL will probably change their requirements in the next few years.

Also, I believe IL's recommendations holds off on the second MMR until high school age, but a second is required. The year I entered high school was the first year they did that: MMR for the girls, measles-only for the boys. Now it may be MMR for both. (And the way that IL goes, they may add the second varicella dose to the high school requirements rather than the kindergarten.)

[MyZoeJane]

How fortuitous that I happened to be working on more researching today, the same day that two of you were kind enough to respond to my post.

Ugh. The more I research this subject, the more I lean toward sucking it up and turning in the religious exemption letter, even though in doing so I will be lying.

I really don't want some untrue "stigma" attached to my child and for it to follow her throughout her education.

Why oh why can't IL have a philosophical exemption?

[tanyalynn]

Originally Posted by MyZoeJane

Why oh why can't IL have a philosophical exemption?

I think it may have to do with the AMA being based in Illinois. New Jersey is usually first to get new stuff added to the school schedule (remember the uproar over required flu vaccination for infants/toddlers/preschoolers in daycare?) because so many pharmaceutical companies are based there.