West Virginia again bans religious reasons for school vaccine exemptions

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/AP

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education on Tuesday reinstated a school vaccination mandate after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of shots required for their children to attend classes.

The Supreme Court earlier Tuesday issued a stay in last week's ruling by Raleigh County Circuit Judge Michael Froble in a class-action lawsuit. In issuing an injunction, Froble said children of families who objected to the state’s compulsory vaccination law on religious grounds would be allowed to attend school and participate in extracurricular sports.

The Supreme Court halted Froble's ruling pending resolution of appeals in the case. In light of that, the board said in a statement that it “is reinstating its directive to county boards of education not to accept religious exemptions to compulsory vaccination laws. This directive will be in effect until the Supreme Court issues further guidance.”

The board further said its priority is to ensure compliance with the vaccine law “and safeguard the health and well-being of all students across West Virginia.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/west-virginia-again-bans-religious-reasons-for-school-vaccine-exemptions/ar-AA1RAHb4

[Blumancru]

1. WV seems an unusual place to be fighting for vaccines in any way

[twodogsbarking]

2. WV is bordered by Pa. Md. Va. DC. Oh. Kentucky. Maybe they have had relatives with polio.

Unusual but welcome.

[Deep State Witch]

3. Measles Don't Care

What your religion is. If your kid is exposed, they're going to get it unless they're vaccinated.

[GB_RN]

6. And Maybe Even Still...

It’s rare, but one can be what is known as a nonresponder to a vaccine. Take the MMR as the example. You could get the vaccine and make antibodies for the mumps and rubella viruses, but not the measles.

How do I know? Because I’m one of those rare people. I found out when I had a required titer for grad school. It showed my antibodies were too low. Got the vaccine two more times with titers after each and no immune response.

So, I rely on herd immunity to protect me from measles. If I were to get it as an adult, it could be deadly. Let me just say that if I did get it and it could be traced to some antivaxx asshole’s kid, either my estate (and thus, my son) or I would sue for every goddamned dime I could get. I don’t care if they could never pay it off. They’d be my version of Alex “Tinfoil Hat” Jones (Q-Insane).

Examples need to be made of these people.

[Humanityfirst]

4. Huh?

Didn't see this coming from WV but it is good news.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Definitely NOT on my Bingo Card

But it appears to be temporary until the full appeals process is completed.

[progree]

7. The board further said its priority is to ensure compliance with the vaccine law "and safeguard the health and well-bein

The board further said its priority is to ensure compliance with the vaccine law “and safeguard the health and well-being of all students across West Virginia.”

Now that's a surprise statement, coming from a W. Virginia board of any kind.

W. Virginia has the second highest net approval rating of Trump, second to only first-place Wyoming.
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