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That would be a viable medical reason, and could probably be exempted with a doctor's note or some other documentation of a medical condition (at least it should be). That's not comparable to deliberately denying otherwise-healthy children the means to stay healthy and not die of horrible and easily preventable diseases.


Well yeah, but from a disease vector standpoint, they're exactly the same.


The number of people genuinely allergic to vaccinations is small. This means that herd immunity remains.

The number of people choosing not to immunise is larger, and herd immunity is at risk.

So, they're sort of the the same but the risks are different.




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