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California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
SAY NO TO LIB POISON
()
Date: August 29, 2015 09:54AM
With the passage of a new law this summer mandating vaccines for schoolkids in California, home school advocates and organizations say they are seeing surging interest in off-campus education options that would exempt them from the requirement.
“The word on the streets is that, yes, people are coming to home schooling,” said Sarah Ford, membership director for Sonoma County Homeschoolers Nonprofit in northern California.
The controversial mandate, co-authored by state Senator Richard Pan, a pediatrician backed by the California Medical Association, requires any student in public or private school to have 10 vaccinations as an attendance requirement, with some exceptions for medical conditions.
Mandatory vaccination bill for public schools passes California legislature
Read more
En route to passage, the proposal sparked scathing controversy on both sides of the issue, with opponents (wearing red to symbolize children who have been harmed by vaccines and often with their own kids in tow) regularly flooding hearings at the state capitol to protest.
Pan even received death threats over the measure, and in the wake of its passage is facing both a recall effort and a statewide referendum to repeal the law. But barring any repeal, the law will go into effect at the start of the next school year.
Lyn Elliott, a mother of a 20-month-old girl, says she is taking a serious look at home schooling because of the law. While her daughter Rebel is “mostly vaccinated”, there are certain shots she feels are unnecessary “and that I feel have risks”.
Next summer she will have to face the choice of giving vaccinations she does not want, or lose access to daycare – where some of the vaccine requirements will also apply. A single parent after her husband died in a motorcycle accident, she says home schooling could mean a critical drop in her income, but it’s a move she feels compelled to make.
“For myself and my personal situation, school was something I was somewhat looking forward to,” she says. “I think it would actually be more beneficial for [Rebel] to be in public school but I am not willing to take that risk or let them make that decision for me just to make my life easier.”
I think it would be more beneficial for [my daughter] to be in public school but I am not willing to take that risk
Lyn Elliott, parent
Nicole Arango, a 34-year-old mother of two, said she faced a similar choice and decided to move forward with home schooling now.
She recently moved from Oxnard, California, to Simi Valley with her son, Ryan, 13, and daughter, Juliet, 6. Because Ryan had an adverse vaccine reaction when he was young, Arango has chosen not to vaccinate further. Rather than put them in school in their new town for a year and have to pull them out when the law goes into effect, she is beginning home schooling this fall.
“I was already kind of on the fence about home schooling anyway but the vaccine law really pushed me over because that’s not something I’m going to have shoved down my throat,” she said. “I feel like I have no other alternative.”
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Elliott and Arango are likely just the beginning of a wave of parents looking for options as the deadline moves closer. The law, one of the strictest in the country, eliminated both personal belief and religious exemptions to vaccinations, closing opt-out possibilities for the majority of vaccine-averse parents aside from home school.
Teresa Fitzpatrick, president of Anaheim-based California Homeschool Network, said her organization has also seen a mild increase in calls and questions about vaccinations, but since the requirements for shots do not go into effect until next fall, “we are probably going to see a bigger increase then”.
“Home schooling is definitely seeing a bump, absolutely,” seconded Corin Goodwin, CEO and executive director of Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF), a resource site for homeschooling parents.
Far from being a few fringe families, home schooling in the US now has a myriad of both nonprofit and for-profit support networks and curriculum possibilities that service about 1.77 million students – a number that has been steadily increasing for years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Nationally, about 3% of kids between ages five and 17 were home schooled in the 2011-2012 school year.
California has one of the largest populations of home-schooled children, with about 177,000 in some form of homeschooling, according to estimates by home-schooling expert Anne Zeise, who runs the website a2zhomeschooling.com.
But few reliable statistics are available for the number of students in California who attend home school because the term applies to different options.
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Home school can mean a parent who files the proper paperwork is personally handling a child’s education, or it can mean that the child has a private tutor. It can also apply to kids utilizing private or public charter school programs that offer a home-study option – but those students are often officially counted as part of the traditional school system.
Diane Flynn Keith, who runs home-school information seminars in the San Francisco bay area, said her three-hour sessions have been filling to capacity since the law passed. Her most recent seminar earlier in August drew a sold-out crowd of 40, when normally she would expect about 25.
“At least 10 of the people there asked me specifically about vaccinations,” she said. That demand has led her to add more events in the coming months.
Goodwin added that her organization has also fielded more inquiries from programs and vendors that are interested in doing business or expanding in the state.
“We are hearing a lot more from the charter programs,” she said.
Keith cautions parents that home schooling “is not easy” and those seeking a way out of vaccinations represent a “whole new group that are sort of being forced into it”.
“You may have people that are sort of doing it more out of fear than anything else, they have no choice,” said Fitzpatrick. “If it’s not done because they believe in the philosophy of home schooling and they want the experience of home schooling, then it’s going to be harder for them. And I think it could be more of a struggle for the children too.”
“The word on the streets is that, yes, people are coming to home schooling,” said Sarah Ford, membership director for Sonoma County Homeschoolers Nonprofit in northern California.
The controversial mandate, co-authored by state Senator Richard Pan, a pediatrician backed by the California Medical Association, requires any student in public or private school to have 10 vaccinations as an attendance requirement, with some exceptions for medical conditions.
Mandatory vaccination bill for public schools passes California legislature
Read more
En route to passage, the proposal sparked scathing controversy on both sides of the issue, with opponents (wearing red to symbolize children who have been harmed by vaccines and often with their own kids in tow) regularly flooding hearings at the state capitol to protest.
Pan even received death threats over the measure, and in the wake of its passage is facing both a recall effort and a statewide referendum to repeal the law. But barring any repeal, the law will go into effect at the start of the next school year.
Lyn Elliott, a mother of a 20-month-old girl, says she is taking a serious look at home schooling because of the law. While her daughter Rebel is “mostly vaccinated”, there are certain shots she feels are unnecessary “and that I feel have risks”.
Next summer she will have to face the choice of giving vaccinations she does not want, or lose access to daycare – where some of the vaccine requirements will also apply. A single parent after her husband died in a motorcycle accident, she says home schooling could mean a critical drop in her income, but it’s a move she feels compelled to make.
“For myself and my personal situation, school was something I was somewhat looking forward to,” she says. “I think it would actually be more beneficial for [Rebel] to be in public school but I am not willing to take that risk or let them make that decision for me just to make my life easier.”
I think it would be more beneficial for [my daughter] to be in public school but I am not willing to take that risk
Lyn Elliott, parent
Nicole Arango, a 34-year-old mother of two, said she faced a similar choice and decided to move forward with home schooling now.
She recently moved from Oxnard, California, to Simi Valley with her son, Ryan, 13, and daughter, Juliet, 6. Because Ryan had an adverse vaccine reaction when he was young, Arango has chosen not to vaccinate further. Rather than put them in school in their new town for a year and have to pull them out when the law goes into effect, she is beginning home schooling this fall.
“I was already kind of on the fence about home schooling anyway but the vaccine law really pushed me over because that’s not something I’m going to have shoved down my throat,” she said. “I feel like I have no other alternative.”
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Elliott and Arango are likely just the beginning of a wave of parents looking for options as the deadline moves closer. The law, one of the strictest in the country, eliminated both personal belief and religious exemptions to vaccinations, closing opt-out possibilities for the majority of vaccine-averse parents aside from home school.
Teresa Fitzpatrick, president of Anaheim-based California Homeschool Network, said her organization has also seen a mild increase in calls and questions about vaccinations, but since the requirements for shots do not go into effect until next fall, “we are probably going to see a bigger increase then”.
“Home schooling is definitely seeing a bump, absolutely,” seconded Corin Goodwin, CEO and executive director of Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF), a resource site for homeschooling parents.
Far from being a few fringe families, home schooling in the US now has a myriad of both nonprofit and for-profit support networks and curriculum possibilities that service about 1.77 million students – a number that has been steadily increasing for years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Nationally, about 3% of kids between ages five and 17 were home schooled in the 2011-2012 school year.
California has one of the largest populations of home-schooled children, with about 177,000 in some form of homeschooling, according to estimates by home-schooling expert Anne Zeise, who runs the website a2zhomeschooling.com.
But few reliable statistics are available for the number of students in California who attend home school because the term applies to different options.
Advertisement
Home school can mean a parent who files the proper paperwork is personally handling a child’s education, or it can mean that the child has a private tutor. It can also apply to kids utilizing private or public charter school programs that offer a home-study option – but those students are often officially counted as part of the traditional school system.
Diane Flynn Keith, who runs home-school information seminars in the San Francisco bay area, said her three-hour sessions have been filling to capacity since the law passed. Her most recent seminar earlier in August drew a sold-out crowd of 40, when normally she would expect about 25.
“At least 10 of the people there asked me specifically about vaccinations,” she said. That demand has led her to add more events in the coming months.
Goodwin added that her organization has also fielded more inquiries from programs and vendors that are interested in doing business or expanding in the state.
“We are hearing a lot more from the charter programs,” she said.
Keith cautions parents that home schooling “is not easy” and those seeking a way out of vaccinations represent a “whole new group that are sort of being forced into it”.
“You may have people that are sort of doing it more out of fear than anything else, they have no choice,” said Fitzpatrick. “If it’s not done because they believe in the philosophy of home schooling and they want the experience of home schooling, then it’s going to be harder for them. And I think it could be more of a struggle for the children too.”
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
dumbass libturdz.
()
Date: August 29, 2015 11:25AM
This cant be! Libs are about liberty, freedom, limited government and choice.
Lol!
Libturdz!
Lol!
Libturdz!
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
I Can't Believe My Eyes
()
Date: August 29, 2015 11:29AM
Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid. Very disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here on FFXU.
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
- dA rEaL fArTiAn -
()
Date: August 29, 2015 12:05PM
I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
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> Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid. Very
> disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here on
> FFXU.
Liberals are awesome, while anti-vaxxers are not. It's possible to be one like me. Not all of them are like that, I'm not pretending.
And did you two just say something about us awesome Liberals?
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> Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid. Very
> disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here on
> FFXU.
Liberals are awesome, while anti-vaxxers are not. It's possible to be one like me. Not all of them are like that, I'm not pretending.
And did you two just say something about us awesome Liberals?
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
1 in the same
()
Date: August 29, 2015 12:14PM
I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
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> Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid. Very
> disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here on
> FFXU.
The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle class white libtards.
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> Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid. Very
> disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here on
> FFXU.
The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle class white libtards.
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
dumbass libturdz.
()
Date: August 29, 2015 12:21PM
Next on the California government agenda is mandated abortions for all California citizens.
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
another assumption wrong
()
Date: August 29, 2015 12:23PM
1 in the same Wrote:
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> I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid.
> Very
> > disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here
> on
> > FFXU.
>
>
> The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle class
> white libtards.
Nope:
Conservatives are more likely to believe that vaccines cause autism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/01/conservatives-are-more-likely-to-believe-that-vaccines-cause-autism/
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> I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid.
> Very
> > disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy here
> on
> > FFXU.
>
>
> The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle class
> white libtards.
Nope:
Conservatives are more likely to believe that vaccines cause autism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/01/conservatives-are-more-likely-to-believe-that-vaccines-cause-autism/
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
polls vs reality
()
Date: August 29, 2015 01:06PM
another assumption wrong Wrote:
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> 1 in the same Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid.
> > Very
> > > disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy
> here
> > on
> > > FFXU.
> >
> >
> > The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle
> class
> > white libtards.
>
> Nope:
>
> Conservatives are more likely to believe that
> vaccines cause autism
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp
> /2015/03/01/conservatives-are-more-likely-to-belie
> ve-that-vaccines-cause-autism/
That's another dumb YouGov poll asking one specific hypothetical question with what constitutes being "conservative" determined by the authors. The practical reality is below. The anti-vax movement is very clearly centered among West Coast, mostly white, mostly middle- to upper-class, mostly younger vs older people.
-------------
New CDC data helps shed some more light on the issue. The CDC has compiled an updated list which depicts vaccine exemption rates in each U.S. state. (See map.)
As shown above, 11 states have 4% or more of the kindergarten population exempted from vaccines. (Generally speaking, the number of religious/philosophical exemptions dwarfed the number of medical exemptions.) The worst 11 states are listed below, from most exemptions to least, in addition to their Obama-Romney 2012 presidential vote margin (as a quick-and-dirty proxy for how liberal or conservative the state is):
Oregon (7.1%); Obama +12
Idaho (6.4%); Romney +32
Vermont (6.2%); Obama +36
Michigan (5.9%); Obama +9
Maine (5.5%); Obama +15
Alaska (5.3%); Romney +14
Arizona (4.9%); Romney +9
Wisconsin (4.9%); Obama +7
Washington (4.7%); Obama +15
Colorado (4.6%); Obama +5
Utah (4.4%); Romney +48
*Note: Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wyoming did not report 2013-2014 data. However, according to the CDC's 2012-2013 data, Illinois had a vaccine exemption rate of 6.1%. (Its vote margin was Obama +17.) The other states had exemption rates below 4%.
The award for the most anti-vaccine state in the country goes to Oregon. This is not a surprise; the citizens of Portland are also afraid of fluoride. Thus, 4 of the 5 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue. (If Illinois is included, 5 of the 6 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue.) Including Illinois, 8 of the 12 most anti-vaccine states voted for Obama.
Which states are the most pro-vaccine (i.e., the states with exemption rates below 1%)?
Mississippi (<0.1%); Romney +11
West Virginia (0.2%); Romney +26
Virginia (0.6%); Obama +4
Alabama (0.7%); Romney +23
Delaware (0.8%); Obama +19
Louisiana (0.8%); Romney +17
New York (0.8%); Obama +28
Kentucky (0.9%); Romney +22
The two most pro-vaccine states are solid red, and 5 of the 8 most pro-vaccine states overwhelmingly voted for Romney.
There are a few other points worth making. First, the anti-vaccine movement has a strong presence in the West. The Western U.S., particularly states like Alaska, Idaho, and Washington, have a strong libertarian streak. This libertarianism surely plays a significant role in anti-vaccine ideology. Second, as a whole, the conservative and religious Deep South is the most pro-vaccine part of the country.
The bottom line is that the CDC data makes it very difficult to argue that conservatives and liberals share equal blame in the anti-vaccine war. Anti-vaxxers are clearly more associated with the political Left.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2013–14 School Year." MMWR 63 (41): 913-920. (Oct. 17, 2014.)
-------------------------------------------------------
> 1 in the same Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally stupid.
> > Very
> > > disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy
> here
> > on
> > > FFXU.
> >
> >
> > The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle
> class
> > white libtards.
>
> Nope:
>
> Conservatives are more likely to believe that
> vaccines cause autism
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp
> /2015/03/01/conservatives-are-more-likely-to-belie
> ve-that-vaccines-cause-autism/
That's another dumb YouGov poll asking one specific hypothetical question with what constitutes being "conservative" determined by the authors. The practical reality is below. The anti-vax movement is very clearly centered among West Coast, mostly white, mostly middle- to upper-class, mostly younger vs older people.
-------------
New CDC data helps shed some more light on the issue. The CDC has compiled an updated list which depicts vaccine exemption rates in each U.S. state. (See map.)
As shown above, 11 states have 4% or more of the kindergarten population exempted from vaccines. (Generally speaking, the number of religious/philosophical exemptions dwarfed the number of medical exemptions.) The worst 11 states are listed below, from most exemptions to least, in addition to their Obama-Romney 2012 presidential vote margin (as a quick-and-dirty proxy for how liberal or conservative the state is):
Oregon (7.1%); Obama +12
Idaho (6.4%); Romney +32
Vermont (6.2%); Obama +36
Michigan (5.9%); Obama +9
Maine (5.5%); Obama +15
Alaska (5.3%); Romney +14
Arizona (4.9%); Romney +9
Wisconsin (4.9%); Obama +7
Washington (4.7%); Obama +15
Colorado (4.6%); Obama +5
Utah (4.4%); Romney +48
*Note: Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wyoming did not report 2013-2014 data. However, according to the CDC's 2012-2013 data, Illinois had a vaccine exemption rate of 6.1%. (Its vote margin was Obama +17.) The other states had exemption rates below 4%.
The award for the most anti-vaccine state in the country goes to Oregon. This is not a surprise; the citizens of Portland are also afraid of fluoride. Thus, 4 of the 5 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue. (If Illinois is included, 5 of the 6 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue.) Including Illinois, 8 of the 12 most anti-vaccine states voted for Obama.
Which states are the most pro-vaccine (i.e., the states with exemption rates below 1%)?
Mississippi (<0.1%); Romney +11
West Virginia (0.2%); Romney +26
Virginia (0.6%); Obama +4
Alabama (0.7%); Romney +23
Delaware (0.8%); Obama +19
Louisiana (0.8%); Romney +17
New York (0.8%); Obama +28
Kentucky (0.9%); Romney +22
The two most pro-vaccine states are solid red, and 5 of the 8 most pro-vaccine states overwhelmingly voted for Romney.
There are a few other points worth making. First, the anti-vaccine movement has a strong presence in the West. The Western U.S., particularly states like Alaska, Idaho, and Washington, have a strong libertarian streak. This libertarianism surely plays a significant role in anti-vaccine ideology. Second, as a whole, the conservative and religious Deep South is the most pro-vaccine part of the country.
The bottom line is that the CDC data makes it very difficult to argue that conservatives and liberals share equal blame in the anti-vaccine war. Anti-vaxxers are clearly more associated with the political Left.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2013–14 School Year." MMWR 63 (41): 913-920. (Oct. 17, 2014.)
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
Da Real Fartbrain
()
Date: August 29, 2015 01:20PM
polls vs reality Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> another assumption wrong Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 1 in the same Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally
> stupid.
> > > Very
> > > > disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy
> > here
> > > on
> > > > FFXU.
> > >
> > >
> > > The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle
> > class
> > > white libtards.
> >
> > Nope:
> >
> > Conservatives are more likely to believe that
> > vaccines cause autism
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp
>
> >
> /2015/03/01/conservatives-are-more-likely-to-belie
>
> > ve-that-vaccines-cause-autism/
>
>
> That's another dumb YouGov poll asking one
> specific hypothetical question with what
> constitutes being "conservative" determined by the
> authors. The practical reality is below. The
> anti-vax movement is very clearly centered among
> West Coast, mostly white, mostly middle- to
> upper-class, mostly younger vs older people.
>
> -------------
>
> New CDC data helps shed some more light on the
> issue. The CDC has compiled an updated list which
> depicts vaccine exemption rates in each U.S.
> state. (See map.)
>
> src="http://www.realclearscience.com/images/wysiwy
> g_images/vaccineexemptions.jpg">
>
> As shown above, 11 states have 4% or more of the
> kindergarten population exempted from vaccines.
> (Generally speaking, the number of
> religious/philosophical exemptions dwarfed the
> number of medical exemptions.) The worst 11 states
> are listed below, from most exemptions to least,
> in addition to their Obama-Romney 2012
> presidential vote margin (as a quick-and-dirty
> proxy for how liberal or conservative the state
> is):
>
> Oregon (7.1%); Obama +12
> Idaho (6.4%); Romney +32
> Vermont (6.2%); Obama +36
> Michigan (5.9%); Obama +9
> Maine (5.5%); Obama +15
> Alaska (5.3%); Romney +14
> Arizona (4.9%); Romney +9
> Wisconsin (4.9%); Obama +7
> Washington (4.7%); Obama +15
> Colorado (4.6%); Obama +5
> Utah (4.4%); Romney +48
>
> *Note: Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wyoming
> did not report 2013-2014 data. However, according
> to the CDC's 2012-2013 data, Illinois had a
> vaccine exemption rate of 6.1%. (Its vote margin
> was Obama +17.) The other states had exemption
> rates below 4%.
>
> The award for the most anti-vaccine state in the
> country goes to Oregon. This is not a surprise;
> the citizens of Portland are also afraid of
> fluoride. Thus, 4 of the 5 most anti-vaccine
> states are solid blue. (If Illinois is included, 5
> of the 6 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue.)
> Including Illinois, 8 of the 12 most anti-vaccine
> states voted for Obama.
>
> Which states are the most pro-vaccine (i.e., the
> states with exemption rates below 1%)?
>
> Mississippi (<0.1%); Romney +11
> West Virginia (0.2%); Romney +26
> Virginia (0.6%); Obama +4
> Alabama (0.7%); Romney +23
> Delaware (0.8%); Obama +19
> Louisiana (0.8%); Romney +17
> New York (0.8%); Obama +28
> Kentucky (0.9%); Romney +22
>
> The two most pro-vaccine states are solid red, and
> 5 of the 8 most pro-vaccine states overwhelmingly
> voted for Romney.
>
> There are a few other points worth making. First,
> the anti-vaccine movement has a strong presence in
> the West. The Western U.S., particularly states
> like Alaska, Idaho, and Washington, have a strong
> libertarian streak. This libertarianism surely
> plays a significant role in anti-vaccine ideology.
> Second, as a whole, the conservative and religious
> Deep South is the most pro-vaccine part of the
> country.
>
> The bottom line is that the CDC data makes it very
> difficult to argue that conservatives and liberals
> share equal blame in the anti-vaccine war.
> Anti-vaxxers are clearly more associated with the
> political Left.
Um. You're a racist.
-------------------------------------------------------
> another assumption wrong Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 1 in the same Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I Can't Believe My Eyes Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Libs and and anti-vaxxers are equally
> stupid.
> > > Very
> > > > disappointing to see such anti-vax idiocy
> > here
> > > on
> > > > FFXU.
> > >
> > >
> > > The anti-vax'ers mostly all are upper middle
> > class
> > > white libtards.
> >
> > Nope:
> >
> > Conservatives are more likely to believe that
> > vaccines cause autism
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp
>
> >
> /2015/03/01/conservatives-are-more-likely-to-belie
>
> > ve-that-vaccines-cause-autism/
>
>
> That's another dumb YouGov poll asking one
> specific hypothetical question with what
> constitutes being "conservative" determined by the
> authors. The practical reality is below. The
> anti-vax movement is very clearly centered among
> West Coast, mostly white, mostly middle- to
> upper-class, mostly younger vs older people.
>
> -------------
>
> New CDC data helps shed some more light on the
> issue. The CDC has compiled an updated list which
> depicts vaccine exemption rates in each U.S.
> state. (See map.)
>
> src="http://www.realclearscience.com/images/wysiwy
> g_images/vaccineexemptions.jpg">
>
> As shown above, 11 states have 4% or more of the
> kindergarten population exempted from vaccines.
> (Generally speaking, the number of
> religious/philosophical exemptions dwarfed the
> number of medical exemptions.) The worst 11 states
> are listed below, from most exemptions to least,
> in addition to their Obama-Romney 2012
> presidential vote margin (as a quick-and-dirty
> proxy for how liberal or conservative the state
> is):
>
> Oregon (7.1%); Obama +12
> Idaho (6.4%); Romney +32
> Vermont (6.2%); Obama +36
> Michigan (5.9%); Obama +9
> Maine (5.5%); Obama +15
> Alaska (5.3%); Romney +14
> Arizona (4.9%); Romney +9
> Wisconsin (4.9%); Obama +7
> Washington (4.7%); Obama +15
> Colorado (4.6%); Obama +5
> Utah (4.4%); Romney +48
>
> *Note: Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wyoming
> did not report 2013-2014 data. However, according
> to the CDC's 2012-2013 data, Illinois had a
> vaccine exemption rate of 6.1%. (Its vote margin
> was Obama +17.) The other states had exemption
> rates below 4%.
>
> The award for the most anti-vaccine state in the
> country goes to Oregon. This is not a surprise;
> the citizens of Portland are also afraid of
> fluoride. Thus, 4 of the 5 most anti-vaccine
> states are solid blue. (If Illinois is included, 5
> of the 6 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue.)
> Including Illinois, 8 of the 12 most anti-vaccine
> states voted for Obama.
>
> Which states are the most pro-vaccine (i.e., the
> states with exemption rates below 1%)?
>
> Mississippi (<0.1%); Romney +11
> West Virginia (0.2%); Romney +26
> Virginia (0.6%); Obama +4
> Alabama (0.7%); Romney +23
> Delaware (0.8%); Obama +19
> Louisiana (0.8%); Romney +17
> New York (0.8%); Obama +28
> Kentucky (0.9%); Romney +22
>
> The two most pro-vaccine states are solid red, and
> 5 of the 8 most pro-vaccine states overwhelmingly
> voted for Romney.
>
> There are a few other points worth making. First,
> the anti-vaccine movement has a strong presence in
> the West. The Western U.S., particularly states
> like Alaska, Idaho, and Washington, have a strong
> libertarian streak. This libertarianism surely
> plays a significant role in anti-vaccine ideology.
> Second, as a whole, the conservative and religious
> Deep South is the most pro-vaccine part of the
> country.
>
> The bottom line is that the CDC data makes it very
> difficult to argue that conservatives and liberals
> share equal blame in the anti-vaccine war.
> Anti-vaxxers are clearly more associated with the
> political Left.
Um. You're a racist.
Re: California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
Posted by:
Fruppie Fan
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Date: August 29, 2015 01:26PM
SAY NO TO LIB POISON Wrote:
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> California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
That's stupid.
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> California home school interest surges as parents look to sidestep vaccine law
That's stupid.