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5. State Mandated Vaccinations for Themselves

Mandatory vaccination is a tricky topic. If you come out against it, many people will start to call you an anti-vaxxer. My daughter had all her vaccinations that were required in her baby wellness book, and now that she is a senior in high school, I thought we were done with that. And then we got a letter from the school saying that if she did not get a meningitis vaccine by September 15, she would not be allowed to graduate from high school.

This was so odd that even the pharmacist we consulted was confused, because that vaccine until very recently was not on the list. The health department did not carry it. It was all very irregular. But my daughter is seventeen now, and I decided she was old enough to decide for herself whether she would get the vaccine or not. Frankly, I did not want to have to take responsibility for any adverse consequences — health-wise or to her education. She decided to get the vaccine rather than quit school, but when she presented herself to the authorities, they refused to give it to her without my written and oral consent.

There is something very disturbing about a government that insists that children undergo vaccination, but won’t allow the vaccination to take place until a parent signs a waiver that says she agrees to any adverse consequences that may happen to the child as a result.

This is not about children’s rights. It is not about substance abuse or anti-science. It is about government dictating to parents what may or may be done and about what you can or cannot ask your children to do on their own, once you have determined that they have enough sense to be responsible for themselves.

By constantly restricting what children may do as they mature, we are getting them ready to submit to authority once they are adults, so they can be the docile and compliant citizens that Hillary Clinton dreams of.