Federal bill requires all public students to be vaccinated
A Florida Democrat in Congress is proposing legislation that would require all public-school students in America to be vaccinated, preventing parents with religious or other objections from opting out their children.
The plan by U.S. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson is the “Vaccinate All Children Act of 2015.”
While its future in the Republican-controlled U.S. House appears limited, it illustrates recent concerns over communicable diseases spreading among school populations with large numbers of immigrants.
Neither the legislation nor a statement by Wilson addresses the huge cost of negative vaccination reactions reported annually in the United States....