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Articles:
Despite Assurances, Fear of Childhood Shots Drives Rise
By Jonathan D. Rockoff, The Wall Street Journal, July 6, 2010
Excerpted from The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703322204575226460746977850.html
The number of parents in Greater New York asking authorities to exempt their children from school immunization requirements is steadily rising, despite assurances from scientists and public-health officials that childhood vaccines are safe and essential to stopping the spread of infectious diseases.
Parents can ask schools in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to excuse their children from the vaccination requirements for medical and religious reasons. Exemption rates on religious grounds—which are usually granted with little or no questioning—have risen sharply in each of the states over the past several years, according to data supplied by state health departments.