Bills before the Legislature would neuter the ability of the Texas State Department of Health to update vaccines required to enroll in school, writes the Editorial Board.
When the editorial board requested to speak with Hall about why he included some vaccines but not others, his staff responded by email: “The list in SB 1177 strips the vaccines that were not legislatively added to the immunization schedule. It is expected that most of the current required list will be reinstated on the list before final passage, but the reasoning was that the Legislature, not a state agency, needs to be making these decisions.
at Baylor College of Medicine, she treats patients with cervical cancer. She described the harrowing treatments her patients undergo for a disease that can be prevented in many casesPut yourself not just in the shoes of her patients, but of many of their parents who must watch helplessly as their daughters suffer through the consequences of their decision not to vaccinate them against HPV. Still others may not have known about the option or didn't have access to the vaccine.
should understand they are putting their child at risk of profound hearing loss and intellectual disability. Sure, the chances of such a fate are still low in this country, but with every waived vaccine, they become less so.
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