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Updated: 11/04/2011 6:31 pm

WICHITA, Kansas- For the Silva sisters, getting off the bus Friday means no school for the weekend. But the youngest, Michelle, may not have school come Monday either, unless she gets up to date with her vaccinations.

“Over the last several years, the laws have changed about what's required, so there are more immunizations required  based on what people get,” said Hadley Middle School Nurse, Sandy Elliott.

That's one of the reasons Michelle and more than 1,000 other students in the Wichita school district are not properly vaccinated. Now, they won't be allowed to come back to school until they are.

“I've spent my whole life trying to keep kids in school and then to say, ‘Don't come to school,’ is something I don't want to do.” said Elliott.

But Elliott says it is crucial the kids have the needed inoculations.

“A lot of times there's pertussis outbreaks and so that's one of the things that's been added to help teens prevent pertussis,” said Elliott. “And based on the things we see in the population they've added immunizations.”

Yet school officials say it's nothing that should be new to parents. Since last spring, the schools have sent home letters, made personal calls, and spoke to parents in person about what vaccines are needed.

Still for parents, like Michelle's mom, the changes have been confusing.

She now knows what extra shot Michelle needs and says she'll take her before Monday so she can get back on the bus with her sisters.

Complete vaccination requirements can be found here

School officials also encourage parents with questions to call their school’s nurse. 

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docholliday - 11/6/2011 7:07 PM
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The important point here is that it is up to the parents, whether they want to vaccinate their children. The article is misleading, in pretending you must vaccinate. All you have to do is sign a religious waiver, and you don't have to vaccinate. You don't have to belong to any church. If you personally feel you shouldn't vaccinate your kids, then you can claim a religious exemption. The schools and government try not to tell you that, but you have that Right.

mountainllama - 11/6/2011 2:27 PM
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You can not measure if the shot is successful by if the child dies or not. I am un-immunized. Having only had the couple shots given at birth in the 70's . I rarely get sick at all, and have only had the actual flu one time. I have no allergies. And my I.Q is relatively high. Although that does not mean I will type without error so please don't be ignorant enough to start pointing out my mis-types. Today nearly all kids have allergies to something. If not, they are lactose intolerant, or have asthma. But mostly its in the brain where there is the biggest problems. Fighting chicken pox is small annoyance at the most. Once you fight it off your body is healthier for it. So lets say, and these are not real statistics just an example, All the children vaccinated with the C.P vaccine never got a single chicken pock.. But out of the vaccinated people 16% developed learning disabilities, and 8% developed moderate allergies. Out of those children who never vaccinated only 4% had learning disabilities, and only 5% developed allergies. Would that vaccine be a success? On a disease that our bodies can fight off naturally.. No way.. Also you cant really compare the outbreaks of the 20's and 30's to what they would be today. Back then they barely had indoor plumbing. here was much more community living. Grandparents, Kids, and Grand-kids all lived together in small houses without enough rooms. Where as today nearly each family has their own home or apartment. Also our hospitals back then were disgusting compared to today's standards. It just isn't comparing apples to apples. So many of those who died in those days would have survived had they gotten their illness today.

docholliday - 11/6/2011 9:51 AM
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I am an experienced emergency physician. I have seen the worst of the worst. I can't recall ever seeing any serious problem with chicken pox. I'm sure it has happened somewhere. The ordinarly flu kills several thousand people a year in this country, yet this is mainly people who are very immunocompromised or very old. No flu vaccine has ever been proven to save lives. If a treatment hasn't been proven to save lives, then it may very well be killing some people. I have seen lots of bad effects from vaccines. Most doctors don't use their heads. They just do what the big pharmaceutical corporations tell them to do, and the government which is allied and in bed with those big wealthy corps. Vaccinations is a religion, and it's gotten to be a very sick religion, making pin cushions out of kids, with more and more toxic shots. If vaccination was safe, then government wouldn't have to block lawsuits against the vaccine making corporations, now would it? Government doesn't block lawsuits against doctors or anyone else. Before you give your kid ANY vaccine, demand to see the fine print, the folded up handout that comes with the vial of vaccine. Read it all. If you do, you won't likely give your kid that vaccine. It must list all the adverse effects on there. Actually it doesn't list them all. But it lists enough to make you scared of that vaccine. Also read on there or on the vial or it's box, the exact content. You will see that it has ethyl mercury (thimerosal) or aluminum in it, and other adjuvants which you never heard of, but which are toxic. Of course it won't list the cancer viruses it has in it and all the foreign proteins they couldn't get cleaned out of it, that could cause autoimmune diseases or allergies.

docholliday - 11/5/2011 7:07 PM
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The Guardasil vaccine only protects against a few of the many strains of HPV and not all of those strains which can cause cervical cancer. It is a toxic vaccine. Some vaccine advocates act like the Guardasil vaccine protects against the STD's aquired from promiscuous sex. The Guardasil vaccine doesn't even do much of a job protecting against HPV. It does nothing against gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphillis, chancroid, HIV, trichomonas, granuloma inguinale, herpes, hepatitis C, and others. One is responsible for one's actions. This vaccine does little to protect against the negative consequences. A father is responsible for the actions of his children.

docholliday - 11/5/2011 6:55 PM
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Women who get cervical cancer usually have a history of being very promiscuous. The Guardasil vaccine has a very low efficacy of protecting against cervical cancer. Unless one raises their daughters to be promiscuous, then it wouldn't make sense to give them this vaccine, because it is very toxic. Girls have died from this vaccine, and also developed serious morbidities. I home school my kids, and they are not going to become promiscuous. But to each his own. A father is responsible for his children. He should do what he thinks best.

Elixir - 11/5/2011 6:28 PM
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You won't allow your daughter to have sex before marriage?! hahahaha Yea... good luck with that one. I was a teenage girl a few years ago. My parents did not want me to have sex either, and I went behind their backs and did it anyway! No one raises their daughter to be a porn star, life happens... and so does sex. It's natural. So many people have genital warts and do not know it. I know someone who lost their virginity and contracted an std. Stop living in the stone age and protect your kid. There is no way you can stop them from normal human functions you controlling prick!

docholliday - 11/5/2011 6:13 PM
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Genital warts and cervical cancer even moreso, are usually seen only in girls who have multiple sexual partners. I won't let any daughter of mine have any sex at all outside of marriage, and I approve of the marriages, so there is virtually no risk. If you are raising a daughter to be a porn star, then you should give her the Guardasil vaccine. But the Guardasil vaccine only protects against a few of all the strains of genital war viruses, and not all of those which cause cervical cancer either. It has very poor efficacy, and is very toxic. If I see a big epidemic hitting, like Polio, then I will reconsider whether I want to vaccinate my kids against it. One must consider the prevalence of a disease in the community as a big part of the equation about whether to vaccinate for something, along with the proven efficacy of the particular vaccine, and it's morbidity and mortality. If you actually look at all the diseases I listed, which are likely caused by vaccines, and which are prevalent in the vaccinated community, then you will begin to see why a little pertussis may not be such a bad thing.

RealPerson - 11/5/2011 5:55 PM
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LOL DOC HOLLIDAY... "I'm sure the vaccine " --- Guessing are we? Why assume? Look it up, your a "DOC" you can get the Stats. Your stats on Polio are based on %, if the stat is correct, guess why, because we have eradicated it from the USA. so you can have 3 cases and it will be MORE. A Girl only has to have sex ONE time to get Genital warts, and a Huge percent of people have them. You know why you see little pertussis, because of the vaccination. Guess what, California who leads the nation in these movements has seen large outbreaks of whooping cough. Again I believe it is a Choice, Americans never learn from History, so we need to be shown.

docholliday - 11/5/2011 5:26 PM
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My experience and knowledge speaks for itself. I have never seen a case of diptheria. Tetanus is really rare, and we have other ways of blocking it other than the toxic tetanus immunizations. Pertussis vaccine is very toxic. It is not worthwhile, considering how little pertussis we see, and how low the mortality is with it. Mumps and Rubella and Chickenpox are very mild illnesses in children. Best to get them young, and get lifelong immunity. This is the best way to prevent a girl from getting Rubella when she is pregnant, which might injure the child. If she is going to get married, and isn't sure if she has had Rubella, she can be tested for it, and vaccinated for that alone, if needed. Measles can be a nasty illness in a child, but considering the risks of the measles vaccine, I think I'd rather my child get the measles. Measles rarely causes death. I'm sure the vaccine for measles causes much more morbidity and mortality. Hemophilus influenza B is a bacterial infection we treat with antibiotics, so we don't need a vaccine. The pneumococcus vaccine is very poor efficacy. The flu vaccines don't work. Hepatitis A is not generally a life threatening illness. Why give Hepatitis B vaccine to a child, when a person is only at risk from dirty needles or promiscuous sex? Why give the Guardasil (HPV or genital wart virus) vaccine, when it is very dangerous, and unless a girl is very promiscuous she has no risk of getting the disease? As I said before, we have more Polio in America now from the live oral polio vaccine, than from wild Polio virus. The injectable polio vaccine has always had animal cancer viruses in it like SV 40. Use your head, and study. Don't just be a stooge and blindly obey the dictates of Big Pharma.

Tlincali - 11/5/2011 3:12 PM
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You docholliday are not a real doctor. You are a dishonest anti-vax quack. People like you are the reason diseases eradicated in the past are making a come back. cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/safety/default.htm Educate yourself.
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