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> the far extreme of what mandatory vaccination proponents actually seek Vaccination proponents seek vaccine-preventable diseases to be largely prevented. Wha

• dragonwriter 11y ago
  > What do you mean by "mandatory vaccination proponents" People actually supporting the idea that government should mandate vaccination of children in some circumstances; the real people on the other side of the actual government policy debate from anti-vaxxers.
  • ghaff 11y ago
    >People actually supporting the idea that government should mandate vaccination of children in some circumstances Which, in fact, proposed laws--including the one passed in California--do not do. Yes. There are significant consequences to not vaccinating children (where there is no medical necessity) but it's not mandatory under any circumstances. By and large, vaccination proponents recognize that the key is to hit certain vaccination percentages for herd immunity reasons. At least in some areas of the country (e.g. Marin County), allowing personal belief opt-outs without consequence do not achieve those percentages. The assumption is that requiring vaccination to attend public schools (absent medical reasons to opt-out) will reduce the number of children who do not get vaccinated.