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Bluenorthwest

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21. Mississippi and West Virgina currently allow only medical exemptions.

Reply to raven mad (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 06:37 PM

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As usual, California is ahead of the game - this time on mandatory vaccinations. [View all] raven mad Feb 2015 OP

That's pretty smart. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #1

Not really Dwayne Hicks Feb 2015 #28

I am very pleased to see this happening. I hope the bill passes. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #2

Good. Hopefully the nuts will be sidelined this time nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #3

One possible ramification daredtowork Feb 2015 #4

True SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2015 #19

You mean BEHIND the game! Yo_Mama Feb 2015 #5

thank you GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #7

Especially when we think of things such as Prop 8... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2015 #11

Mississippi of all places, is LEADING on this issue. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #34

Yo_Mama, that's what this bill will hopefully circumvent. raven mad Feb 2015 #10

Good. Hope the bill passes. Terra Alta Feb 2015 #6

But still behind Mississippi. GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #8

I truly didn't know that about Mississippi. raven mad Feb 2015 #12

Meanwhile there's a bill in the Mississippi legislature that would be even more loose than CA. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #16

And West Virginia. Glassunion Feb 2015 #27

...after being dreadfully behind the game. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #9

This won't play well in Marin. Throd Feb 2015 #13

I know so little about various areas of that great state - raven mad Feb 2015 #14

There are pockets in Marin County with a vaccination rate of under 26%. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #17

That's got to be West Marin. KamaAina Feb 2015 #20

No, it's the Whole Foods crowd with "Coexist" stickers on their Nissan Leaf. Throd Feb 2015 #22

but people could still opt out by home schooling their kids dissentient Feb 2015 #15

Yep n/t SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2015 #18

Mississippi and West Virgina currently allow only medical exemptions. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #21

It seems progressive from a distance but daredtowork Feb 2015 #23

None of which changes the fact that Mississippi and West Virginia have the right policies NuclearDem Feb 2015 #24

Correct, California is way behind 4139 Feb 2015 #29

Good. KMOD Feb 2015 #25

The circle of stupidity has no beginning and no end seveneyes Feb 2015 #26

liberals in California are a big part of the pRoblEm on this issue JI7 Feb 2015 #30

Some of the same people who are shocked at climate change denial rpannier Feb 2015 #31

+1 iandhr Feb 2015 #32

We can't be self-righteous about this iandhr Feb 2015 #33

I am not at all sure when 53 to 63 confirmed cases of any disease portend an truedelphi Feb 2015 #35

Please tell me you're not seriously citing NVIC as a source. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #36

Like most people, i believed all the many "educational points" made about vaccines. truedelphi Feb 2015 #37