Because her brother already had gotten them, the doctor said she did not need to be seen when she came down with the illness. Now he refuses to write a note to the school saying this and she is going to be kicked out of school in two weeks if she is not vaccinated. A blood test would prove that she has had it, but the child has no health insurance and the parent cannot afford to have the blood test done. It's the chicken pox vaccine OK, this is not a debate about vaccines. I could get into many reasons why a child perhaps should NOT get vaccinated or not get certain ones, but it's not my job to educate you. If you actually READ what I wrote, you would see that this is not an attempt to GET OUT of a vaccination, it is to avoid getting one for an illness the child already had. You don't get vaccinations for something you have already had, your body already has the antibodies, naturally. And in fact, with chicken pox, getting the disease gives you lifelong protection where the shot is only temporary. (Although yes, you can get chicken pox more than once.) My point is, if you are going to give advice on here, actually read the question first! And for those of you who answered me with sensible replies, thank you. We're in NY state and I agree...it does seem like it should be illegal. I've spent all day trying to straighten this out.
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What disease? In our school district, a letter from the parents listing dates of chicken pox infection is enough to get out of that one. If you have trouble getting the illness documented, try filing an exemption letter instead based on philosophical or religious reasons (depending on what the law is in your state).
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Would the school accept an affidavit from the parent? Or they might want to just ask the doctor if revaccination would be a problem.
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If there is no record of the child having it, she has to be vaccinated.
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There is a waiver for vaccinations. You do not have to vaccinate your children. It is not the law. They just don't tell you that. I searched for it online and printed it out, signed it and took it to the school. They did the same thing to me, said that my daughter could not go to school if she didn't get it. I refused to get it because she already had it. Good luck. If you was the website that I found it on, please feel free to email me .. tristarr212003@yahoo.com
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They should be able to get a religious of philisophical exemption. Depending on where you live. Assuming you are American you can look up your state here: http://www.nvic.org/state-site/state-exemptions.htm Also maybe a free clinic could do the blood test?
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Why not quit looking for a way to avoid the required vaccine and just get the child the shot. The child MAY have already had them but maybe NOT. If the doctor is hesitant to provide documentation it is probably for a reason. Stop looking for deceitful, lying, cheating ways to avoid the requirements. It might actually be good for the girl. The vaccination certainly won't do any harm
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Every child should have vaccination shots no matter what and you can get chicken pox twice my sister did. the state provides low or no cost health insurance especially for children. Did you see the episode of ER were a couple of children died because of one child not getting vaccinated. That can really happen. If children did not get vaccinated most of the oldest diseases would still be killing people today.
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Make your doctor write the note.
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Maybe then what I would do is tell the school to contact the doctor themselves. Also, where I live, once you have had the chicken pox you cannot get them again. Your child can't get kicked out of school for not getting vaccinated. That has to be illegal. Where exactly do you live? I am from Canada.
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If you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at http://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm You will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.
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some school districts ask for a date when they had the chicken pox. Tough call, If the school didn't want to believe that my daughter already had them then I would probably go and talk to the Dr again, worse come to worse she gets vaccinated. If she didn't have a bad case of chicken pox she still has a chance to get them again. Some areas help with vaccinations for children. So it would be cheaper than getting the blood test done.
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You need to get an exemption form. Thats it, they can't keep your child out of school over that.
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