Talk to me about nonvaxed kids and daycares

[jaidymama]

So I'm working with a group and we're trying to get religious exemptions allowed for preschool and daycare centers... This group worked on Legislation in 2007, and one thing that kept coming up is the concern for the babies and tots who have not been fully vaxed.

Help me understand why this is considered safe, or is it? What do you know about this issue of older kids around little ones who are not fully vaxed...

Thanks,
H

[Jazmommie]

AT SCHOOLS --(EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN vAX AND EXEMPTIONS LAWS) -in
INDIANA-If the unvaxed child has not had for example chicken pox-and gets or is exposed to it ,they have to not attend school untill the crisis is past.

I thought in Indiana that exemptions apply to licensed daycares .Medical and religious.
I have a friend s -unvaxed-baby-with a family daycare starting next month and they said she was ok with it but they needed an exemption form for state info.

my little 22 month old is in the tail end of chicken pox--the lady he stays at when i work 2 days a week has her 15 month old grandson also and he is vaxed -but the Mom was not happy my child was there exposing her child even though he was vaxed for CP already.I told her the vaccine efficacy rates and how CP is better to get younger and that if her son got it =it would probably be a milder case and she felt better ----so I guesss information is key .
Health is more than a disease state --healthy kids usually do better when ill and treated with appropriate care .Older kids who are vaxed who may get exposed to say measles or chicken pox-and would either be immune or get a milder case .
Did I help answer any questions you had ?

[alegna]

Just to clarify- religious exemptions ARE allowed in daycares except in the two states without religious exemptions (MS and WV)

In most states the daycares are not FORCED to accept them - but they are allowed.

-Angela

[nicoliani]

I can't figure out why vax against CP. It something every kid should grow up with. I found that period very interesting for me.

[jaidymama]

Originally Posted by alegna

Just to clarify- religious exemptions ARE allowed in daycares except in the two states without religious exemptions (MS and WV)

In most states the daycares are not FORCED to accept them - but they are allowed.

-Angela

This is not entirely true.... In Montana (where I live) daycares do NOT allow religious exemptions. At least as far as we have exhausted our research efforts looking at any rules and regulations we have found. The preschool is tricky because most preschools are actually licensed here as daycares... So there is no distinction for the most part in preschool licensing and daycare licensing.... So there's the religious exemption problem.

The last time a group introduced legislation to allow religious exemption for daycare here, the DPHHS did everything they could to scare the legislators to think if they voted for it that they were voting for the death of their children.

So anyways, I was looking for some actual medical understanding of why pro-vax people would be scared of non-vaxed kids. Especially when kids are not allowed to go to preschool if they have a fever (and of course parents resort to dosing with tylenol, etc. so their child perhaps would no longer have a fever... but that's beside the point here). And if they have an illness they are not allowed to attend until it is determined safe. So there are precautions in place.

[jaidymama]

I have heard more often than not that the CP vax is more of a convenience for parents who would have to stay home from work with their children. ...Loss of productivity

[Gitti]

Originally Posted by nicoliani

I can't figure out why vax against CP. It something every kid should grow up with. I found that period very interesting for me.

That's how my generation considered measles. We all had them and we all had life long immunity.

It all changed when the vaccine was brought on the market. Suddenly a normal childhood disease became deadly.