which pp? why should it be everyones right? Im just curious

Anonymous wrote:what religion are you talking about and who are you even talking to?

PP seemed to take offense in people using religious exemption as an excuse to not vaccinate. Since philosophical objection is not possible in Maryland or DC, that is what parents have to use. No one can question religious objection. No one has to disclose their religion, just to state that the practice of whatever religion is incompatible with vaccinations.
Whose feelings about religion are hurt? I don't care. If I don't want my child to be vaccinated, I will go and bend all the rules and use all the loopholes I need until it is legal. And my decision has nothing to do with autism, by the way. One day you might understand why it should be everyone's right not to vaccinate

what religion are you talking about and who are you even talking to?

Just because you find it beneficial for you and your child, it is not necessarily true for mine. It is a CHOICE and if I cannot make the choice legally, this choice will be made illegally or unethically and I don't give a damn about insulting your religion.
p.s. I practice medicine, by the way.

My dd was sick for 2 months and hospitalized for two weeks with pertussis b/c of a classmate who wasn't vaccinated. Religious beliefs or not, no one can convince me that herd immunity isnt beneficial. Each family has their own rights, but it sometimes comes at a price to others. So, 12:48, maybe you should consider being a bit more sensitive before you call people who vaccinate "sheep". Its rude.

When you choose to send your unvaccinated child to school with my child you are freeloading off of the fact that my children are vaccinated. And you are doing so against the vast majority of medical advice. oh, and you are risking your child's health because if there are enough of you, the fact that my child is vaccinated will not protect yours from the outbreak of a preventable but deadly childhood disease.

I have a child with autism and i have, as you can imagine, followed this "debate" very closely. What angers me about those of you who buy these absurd, anti-rational, anti-scientific "theories, is that not only do you free-load off the socially responsible parents but you further a movement that takes autism research dollars and attention and flushes it down the toilet of false theories. (And before you speak up about how i gave my child autism, my child showed signs before his vaccinations and my family has an obvious genetic predisposition to autism).

And when you abuse the religious exemption you are also insulting those of us who are religious, you insult religion in general.

But I suppose you got your medical degree on the internet and that makes it all OK . . .

"I think that they are, for the most part, collossal d-bags and I don't want to associate with them any more than necessary. (and I am not talking about those with actual, real, religious objections, or those whose children are unable to be vaccinated due to underlying health conditions) "


Thumbs up, PP. You said what I am thinking.

Does DC Public Schools also honor exemptions based on religious beliefs? How about private schools?

Out of curiosity, which religions have objections to this?

Anonymous wrote:Once the state allows philosophical exemption, people will automatically stop using religious exemptions. Do you think this is a decision that is easily made? Usually parents who chose the exemption do this after much research and consideration versus following mainstream medical advise like sheep (that you are).

I don't care how easily or not easily the decision is made. and it's always the same argument with you non-vaccinators, that YOU have done all the research and that YOU know what's best and YOUR choice is the best one and the rest of us just go along with what we're told because we're sheep. See, this is why I want to know who uses the religious exemption but isn't REALLY religious (or doesn't have a medical reason). It's because I want to know who the d-bag parents are so I can avoid them.

Once the state allows philosophical exemption, people will automatically stop using religious exemptions. Do you think this is a decision that is easily made? Usually parents who chose the exemption do this after much research and consideration versus following mainstream medical advise like sheep (that you are).

Private schools are held to the same health regulations/standards as public schools. So whatever worked in Maryland for your public school will also work for your private school.

I just had a thought. If people are able to claim religious exemption for vaccination (when clearly this is being used as a loophole to not vaccinating) then I think that information should be made public to the rest of the children in the class. Thoughts?

I believe every school accepts religious exemption. That is what I am planning on too.

Why not just call and ask? Seems a lot easier and more accurate than getting a mishmash of opinions and anonymous information here.

I've searched like crazy for this, but can't find an answer.

Does your MD private school accept the religious exemption for vaccines?

Please no flaming. I'm not interested in igniting a vaccine debate.

My kids are in at our first choice school (yea!). I didn't stop to think about the vaccine exemption because they've been in public schools where the religious exemption is accepted, no questions asked.

Does anyone have experience with a religious exemption and a MD private school?

TIA