A kindergartner who can’t have the chickenpox vaccine because she has an infant sister is being kept out of her Staten Island school, her family says.
Elizabeth Wagner says her older daughter, FrankieElizabeth, can’t attend class at PS 36 because she doesn’t have the varicella vaccine, according to the Staten Island Advance.
The girl’s pediatrician refuses to vaccinate any child who lives with an infant, Wagner says. Wagner also has a 14-week-old baby girl, Devin Elizabeth.
“Obviously, if there are some doctors that don’t believe in giving it with a newborn sibling in the home, or any newborn in the house, or a pregnant woman, obviously there’s a reason for that,” Wagner told the Advance.
The family’s request for a medical exemption from the Department of Education has been denied.
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Crucial piece of info from original article: “Complicating the matter even further, Elizabeth Wagner has an immunodeficiency disease called hypogammaglobulinemia, and it’s hereditary. Her infant daughter could also have the disease — which would make exposure to the varicella virus even more dangerous — but doctors can’t test her until she’s a year old.”
vaccination is a religious rite, enforced by government goons.
The facts are irrelevant!