Vaccination in Florida

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Vaccines in Florida
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VACCINATION IN FLORIDA 2
Vaccines in Florida
A school is a place where children from different backgrounds and regions converge in
quest for knowledge and life skills. This creates a threat to public health as different children
might come from backgrounds with diverse infections. The public health department therefore
came up with school vaccination programs to prevent spread of certain diseases. Each state has
unique vaccination requirements (Vamos et al., 2018). In Florida for example, the school
vaccination requirements is that all school going children should be vaccinated through there are
few exceptions. There are different vaccines available though not required. A good example
include measles vaccine. It is not required due to religious beliefs in Florida.
Unlike other states, vaccination among schools in Florida is not mandatory. Surveys note
that a child can be exempted from vaccination in Florida for religious purposes. Furthermore, a
child can also be exempted from vaccination in the state of Florida for medical reasons. This
means that if the body of the child cannot handle the toxic load of the vaccine, then he/she can be
exempted. This is contrary to other states where vaccination in schools is mandatory regardless
of the health condition or religion of the child.
In the past 2 years, there have been rapid changes in vaccination requirements in the state
of Florida. One of the changes is that new vaccines have been made mandatory unlike other
years where some children were exempted due to one or two reasons. There has also been the
elimination of people who can approve vaccine exemptions (Vamos et al., 2018). One of the
significant changes is that vaccine providers have been allowed to administer the vaccines to
young children minus the consent of their parents. Previously, a section of parents were a
stumbling block to vaccination since they could not provide consent. This has changed in the
past two years. Florida has also been allowed to offer forced vaccination and medical