In some areas you can sign a waiver that states you won't give it and why - or something. They'll let your child in.

I work in schools and you have to sign a waver. Schools in the U.S legally can't deny a child the right to a "free and appropriate education." That is the law. It is more difficult if you want to place your child in preschool. Most preschools are private and can deny your child entrance if your child is not vaccinated. A lot of in-home daycares are requiring it as well. It is very frustrating to mothers/fathers who don't believe in vaccinations but they have to work.

I cant have my son get the mmr shot he is allergic to eggs..weird guess something is in it that is like egg that is what dr told us.

Yeah, the progesterone that I was on is made from peanuts.

Anyway, I was sent home from school in 7th grade because I didn't have the shots that I needed. (so were my two best friends). We missed 2 weeks of school.

I really want to ask that question again. Perhaps it is different state to state??? I can't imagine because of the federal law being "free and appropriate education." Hmmm??? I am really curious now. In AZ, they wouldn't let kid in school unless they had their vaccines but then I asked the front office what about people who didn't believe in it. That is when they told me about the waiver.

It depends on the state. I googled it and came up with a few sites that require all the basic shots as a minimum to attend the school. Some states offer waivers.

In Canada, I think it's a little different but I can't find as much info right now. Geez Ineed to stop posting from work--lol

some vaccines, mmr included, are cultivated inside eggs or something. people with egg allergies cannot get the vaccine because they'll react.

just curious as to why someone would be against the shots. i guess the allergy thing would be one of them, but are we talking religious beliefs? or are there side effects that are harmful? i don't know a lot about this subject. i have had flu shots before because i had chronic bronchitis and that's about all i know about the issue. i'm gonna have a kid soon so i guess i better start learning about things like this.

Sometimes it's for religious reasons, sometimes the family are vegans and they want no animal products in their kids, some are worried about the mmr and the link to autism (if there really is one) and some don't want to cause of bad reactions on family members.

I got Trey all his vaccines including the chicken pox and flu, because of his asthma I need to be vigilant about him getting sick. I never had problems with any of the vaccines and there's nothing in my religion against shots, so trey has them all and my future child(ren??) will get them too

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if nat was here she'd post a lot of stuff for you to read kaerbear she's good with that stuff. im sure if you google it itll show what can happen if they react.

I'm pretty sure that here in the uk it doesn't matter if you've been vaccinated or not, they ask when you're last tetinus sp? was and that's it i think. When my sister put her son into playgroup she wasn't asked about any vaccinations. Don't quote me on any of this because i'm not 100% sure

I know that my sisters pick and chose what shots they wanted their kids to get and they are all fine. They got the most important ones for them and the one they thought were useless they didn't get. My nephews are starting school this fall and they were accepted so I guess whatever shots they got were enough.

I do know some kids though that have never even gotten a shot and they went to school so it must be okay to do that in IL.

This is just from my experience.
My neices were not allowed into school here in .Texas
Untill they were caught up on all their shots.
They weren't even allowed into daycare or after school watch untill they had all their shots and their shot cards saying they had them all.