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MX's avatar

Makes one wonder why the annual influenza vaccine was added to the CDC's recommended schedule for children

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Igor Chudov's avatar

Wait, are flu shots now mandatory for school students? Most interested in high school

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LoveOneAnother's avatar

Massachusetts tried for ages 6 mos thru college, but ICAN shut that nonsense down.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/massachusetts-rescinds-flu-vaccine-mandate/

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Jeff C's avatar

No, although New Jersey (HQ of many pharma corps) tried to make them mandatory a while back, not sure if that succeeded.

There's the CDC schedule which is separate from state by state school requirements. Many vaxxes on the CDC schedule aren't required for school in most states (e.g. flu, HPV, rotavirus) but not for lack of trying. Pharma lobbies for them but getting them adopted in all 50 states is hard work, even for them.

If you take your child to a pediatrician, they will vaccinate to the CDC schedule as that's what the AAP tells them to do. So unless you specifically tell them to only give the ones required for school your kids will get them all.

It differs from state to state but the school required shots are generally only about half of what's on the CDC schedule.

Edit: Barbara Loe Fischer's National Vaccine Information Center is a great resource on state by state vax laws. Scroll down the bottom on this page and click your state:

https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx

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Jeff C's avatar

The CDC schedule originally only recommended a yearly flu vax for the elderly and people with certain health conditions. It was changed to all adults maybe 12 or so years ago, after that it was expanded to include children as well. Once it gets on the children's schedule then the vax manufacturer gets liability immunity under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

There was never any good reason for it as the flu is generally harmless to children, other than the fantasy promoted that somehow if we all got the flu vax it would "protect the vulnerable". Sound familiar? Doctors' pitched it as being convenient for parents as they wouldn't have to take time off work to care for sick kids (gotta keep those priorities straight!)

The game we saw with the Covid vax has a long history. Once the vax mfgr's were given immunity in 1986, the vax pipeline exploded, the FDA rubber-stamped them, the CDC added them to the schedule, and then state legislatures mandated them for school attendance. It's a license to print money for the vax mfgr's, and a revolving door between the government agencies and pharma. The US childhood vax schedule has tripled since the 1970's, and this is why. It's a grift all the way down.

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Cheeps's avatar

Search Dr. Bryan Ardis re: Acute Flaccid Myelitis.

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