'''Compulsory vaccination''' exists in all 50 states of the [[United States]], particularly 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>
While proponents of vaccination argue that it helped eradicate [[smallpox]] and [[polio]], others cite improved hygiene as significant factors. Regardless, new New vaccines are being have been required of schoolchildren for numerous diseases that most will never be exposed to, such as do not spread in school ([[Hepatitis BHPV]], and diseases that ) or are not rarely dangerous to schoolchildren, such as [[chickenpox]], and [[flu]]. Compulsory vaccination Vaccination has also been required for [[diphtheria]], [[pertussis]], [[tetanus]] [[measles]], [[mumps]], and [[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]], [[MississippiConnecticut]] , [[New York]], [[Maine]], and [[West Virginia]].Also, 16 states have a philosophical exemption, for anyone who does not want to vaccinate: "Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin."<ref>https://www.nviclc.org/Vaccine-Lawsnewsroom/details/state042325-vaccine-requirements.aspxreligious-exemptions-available-in-most-states</ref>
==See also==
*[[Social Services]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/32100-forced-vaccinations Forced Vaccinations: Is It Time for Big Brother to Become Your Doctor?], by Rebecca Terrell of ''[[The New American]]''
*[https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx Vaccine state-by-state requirements]
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