National Vaccine Information Center

Question 1

Who makes national vaccine recommendations for children and adults?

Answer 1

CDC

Question 2

What do public health officials in state health departments do?

Answer 2

they make and enforce vaccine mandates approved by state legislatures.

Question 3

what was the first mandated vaccine in the U.S?

Answer 3

small pox vaccine

Question 4

In the early 1980’s what what 7 vaccines did the CDC recommend 23 doses of to children?

Answer 4

polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, and rubella.

Question 5

by 2014 how many vaccines did the CDC recommend children have? (0-18 years old)

Answer 5

69 doses of 16 vaccines between birth and 18.

Question 6

by 2014 how many vaccines did most states mandate children have to attend kindergarten?

Answer 6

29 doses of 9 vaccines.

Question 7

AAP

Answer 7

American Academy of Pediatrics

Question 8

CDC

Answer 8

Centers for Disease Control

Question 9

your state cannot enforce recommended vaccines as a condition for _________, ________, and ________.

Answer 9

Employment, school, and daycare.

Question 10

do states allow vaccine exemptions with proof of immunity to the disease?

Answer 10

yes some states do allow it.

Question 11

What are the 3 vaccine exemptions?

Answer 11

medical, religious, and personal belief.

Question 12

what do schools do with unvaccinated children during a disease outbreak?

Answer 12

send them home.

Question 13

how many states allow medical exemptions?

Answer 13

all 50 states

Question 14

who can write a medical exemption to vaccines?

Answer 14

most states allow md”s, od’s, and some state designated health care workers.

Question 15

who has the power to reject a medical exemption?

Answer 15

state public health officials

Question 16

why do religious exemptions exist?

Answer 16

the government cannot limit the peoples freedom of religion.

Question 17

what do people applying for religious exemptions have to do?

Answer 17

they must explain their beliefs in their own words in front of a panel/judge.

Question 18

what is the one way the state can reject a religious belief exemption?

Answer 18

the state must have a Compelling State Interest

Question 19

what is a compelling state interest?

Answer 19

is limiting the spread of serious communicable diseases.

Question 20

what law was passed to give the state the right to a compelling state interest?

Answer 20

1905 Jacobson vs Massachusetts

Question 21

what kind of religion do you need for a religious exemption?

Answer 21

• beliefs don’t have to be tied to an organized religion.
• member in a religion with written tenants prohibiting vaccines.
• signed affidavit from pastor.

Question 22

what states allow religious exemptions?

Answer 22

California, Mississippi, and west Virginia