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'''Compulsory vaccination''' exists as a condition of admission to [[public school]] in nearly all the states of the [[United States]]. Vaccine manufacturers lobby for these laws to maximize revenue on their products. Leftists and Liberals are strong supporters of compulsory vaccination.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483914/</ref>

'''Compulsory vaccination''' exists as a condition of admission to [[public school]] in nearly all the states of the [[United States]]. Vaccine manufacturers lobby for these laws to maximize revenue on their products. Leftists and Liberals are strong supporters of compulsory vaccination.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483914/</ref>

New vaccines have been required of schoolchildren for diseases that do not spread in school ([[HPV]]) or are rarely dangerous to schoolchildren, such as [[chickenpox]], and [[flu]]. Vaccination has also been required for [[diphtheria]], [[pertussis]], [[tetanus]] [[measles]], [[mumps]],  [[rubella]], hib, meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, [[hepatitis B]] and [[hepatitis A]].

New vaccines have been required of schoolchildren for diseases that do not spread in school ([[HPV]]) or are rarely dangerous to schoolchildren, such as [[chickenpox]], and [[flu]]. Vaccination has also been required for [[diphtheria]], [[pertussis]], [[tetanus]] [[measles]], [[mumps]],  [[rubella]], hib, meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, [[hepatitis B]] and [[hepatitis A]]. In the past many children died from diseases such as [[polio]], [[ smallpox]], [[measles]], and [[diphtheria]], etc.

All states have a [[religious]] exemption from compulsory vaccination except [[California]], [[New York]], [[Maine]], [[Mississippi]], [[West Virginia]]. Also, 17 states have a philosophical exemption, for anyone who does not want to vaccinate.<ref>https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx</ref>

All states have a [[religious]] exemption from compulsory vaccination except [[California]], [[New York]], [[Maine]], [[Mississippi]], [[West Virginia]]. Also, 17 states have a philosophical exemption, for anyone who does not want to vaccinate.<ref>https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx</ref>