[Magdalen] Federal court backs law removing religious exemption from vaccinations

[Lynn Ronkainen]

TB and Whooping cough are also problematic in TX because of the large influx of people from Mexico and Central America many of whom have not been vaccinated and often do not take advantage of government programs if they do not have legal status. 
Lynn



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On Sep 1, 2016, at 7:43 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

They do, but it's been revised/updated.

There are videos of babies and small children with whooping cough on
youtube. Terrifying. Not for the tender hearted.

Whooping cough is of concern in the unvaccinated adult immigrant
population. There's a television commercial promoting adult vaccination.

https://youtu.be/T_y3HfRGRek

My friends who go to Haiti have been subjectedto boosters and vaccinations
for all kinds of illnesses we North Americans think have been eradicated.
-M

On Wednesday, August 31, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gracecan at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> Is diphtheria still around? I know whooping cough is--my doctor thought I
> might have had it about three years ago, and a co-worker had it. But I
> haven't heard of diphtheria in years. Do they still give the DPT
> vaccination to babies?
> 
>