Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
The health department nurse is overstepping and wrong.
Do all of your other clients have an immunization form in their file? Is it required for attendance? Are they required to update it?
Agreed! ....and because your state requires immunizations to enter child care and/or school there is no need for you to have a written policy stating the opposite. That's just silly
I'd also be curious to know what religion this family is as there are virtually no canonical basis for vaccine avoidance among the world’s major religions, most of which came into being before Edward Jenner developed the first widely used vaccine, against smallpox, at the end of the 18th century.
Rabbis since then have repeatedly stressed the importance of protecting children through vaccination. Regardless, religious waivers provide cover to those who resist vaccines simply because they chose to question established science.