State Lawmakers Looking to Curb Reasons for Non-Vaccination of Children
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 -- 12:31 PM
(WRN) -State lawmakers want to stop parents from using personal convictions as their reasons for not vaccinating their children.A bipartisan group of legislators is looking to remove the Personal Conviction exemption from vaccine requirements. State Representative Lisa Subeck says there's just too many people preventing their children from getting vaccines.
"Over the last 20 years, we've gone from just one percent of families opting their children out of vaccines, to now more than five percent of Wisconsin children opting out of vaccinations."
Subeck says vaccinations not only protect your children, but also everyone else as well.
"To keep your child from getting diseases like measles or mumps, to keep these diseases that have been long eradicated from returning."
Subeck says social media hoaxes are somewhat to blame for the rise unvaccinated children.
"These days it's been harder and harder for people filter out misinformation from real information, and as a result more people are opting out out of fear, and that needs to stop."
Children will still be allowed to avoid vaccinations for religious or medical reasons.
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