A recent article published by the Texas Tribune titled, Texas Republican Calls for Limiting Vaccine Exemptions, informs
that a new piece of state legislation is being proposed as soon as next week. The
proposal would put a limit on vaccine exemptions for public students. Currently, Texas state law requires all public students to receive required vaccines in
order to attend school. Exemptions presently are allowed for religious or
personal reasons. However, the new proposal plans to change those exceptions to
strictly medical cases. The article also reports that recent cases of measles
outbreak, spread by unvaccinated citizens, have been reported throughout the
country. The article is worth taking a closer look. If this new state
legislature passes, it could affect seventy-five percent of current public students
that are unvaccinated legally under the current law.
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