Which countries & states do NOT require childhood vaccinations?

Oregon doesn’t require it. You can choose not to for any reason personal or religious.
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/cc-exem.htm

Probably the New Guinea. As most of people around that country still live in desolate condition,and also the economic issue. Women in uncivilized places tend to born her offspring all by herself or with the help of other helper(non-legal medical capability). They won’t know any required vaccination if you ask them,even if they know they won’t do it as they basically haven’t get used to it.

I would think all of them would require childhood vaccinations.

@RedPowerLady What if they’re home-schooled? Would that play a role?

Any developing country would allow you not to have them, since they don’t have the funds to implement such a program. I am assuming you meant to say states of the US, in which case I cannot help you with that section.

Interestingly, here in Australia whooping cough is making a small comeback because quite a number of parents are opting out of infant vaccinations.

This site look legit http://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx

It’s not that they don’t require them, you really have to go by schools and their rules….because most adults are not vaccinated, it’s only children that are kept on the radar because they go to school and schools require vaccinations. BUT states have exemptions..religious or philosophical, and medical is usually almost always allowed (since people can have severe allergic reactions to vaccinations, that’s a reason to be exempted.)

I googled “vaccination by state laws”.

@Draconess25 Home Schooled students still have to follow the rules of their local and state school requirements. If they are ‘unschooled’ and do not follow the regulations of any school district, they can be arrested for non-compliance.

I don’t know, but if you get me a helicopter and some binoculars, I’ll tell you which state’s kids look the most Rubella-ish.

@FireMadeFlesh – Any developing country would allow you not to have them- oh my, that is certainly not true. In most of the West Indies, your child could not enter school until he has had all his shots.

@bea2345 Thanks for the correction.

I am curious as to why you ask considering the risks of skipping vaccinations, not to mention the restrictions that places on attending school, travelling, etcetera. It may also restrict their jobs choices a bit later on in life… assuming they live that long.

The most common reason I’ve heard is fear of Autism, but that link has been effectively disproven given the changes in vaccines over the years coupled with the rising rates of ASDs despite those changes.

@jerv Vaccines are against my beliefs. I’m too tired to explain right now….maybe later.

I wonder what the statistics of polio, measles and other easily preventable diseases are in comparison.

@Draconess25 Well, beliefs is another common reason to avoid vaccination and I am perfectly fine leaving it at that. I was just curious since I’ve heard some really screwy reasons. At least your reasons have some validity to them.

@phoebusg About the only places where Polio runs rampant are places that don’t vaccinate. The industrialized world is officially polio-free, but Nigeria has had serious problem with Polio since they started rejecting vaccination. .

And see this if you want an clue as to measles (Nigeria again; same reason). Or you can read this excerpt from wikipedia :

“Between January 1 and April 25, 2008, a total of 64 confirmed measles cases were preliminarily reported in the United States to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most reported by this date for any year since 2001. Of the 64 cases, 54 were associated with importation of measles from other countries into the United States, and 63 of the 64 patients were unvaccinated or had unknown or undocumented vaccination status.

By July 9, 2008, a total of 127 cases were reported in 15 states (including 22 in Arizona), making it the largest U.S. outbreak since 1997 (when 138 cases were reported). Most of the cases were acquired outside of the United States and afflicted individuals who had not been vaccinated.

By July 30, 2008, the number of cases had grown to 131. Of these, about half involved children whose parents rejected vaccination. The 131 cases occurred in 7 different outbreaks. There were no deaths, and 15 hospitalizations. 11 of the cases had received at least one dose of the measles vaccine. 122 of the cases involved children who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown. Some of these were under the age of one year old and below the age when vaccination is recommended, but in 63 cases the vaccinations had been refused for religious or philosophical reasons.”

Now, the OP is entitled to make a decision we may not agree with, but since you asked for some numbers, I figured I’d give you what I found.

@Draconess25 Aha just seeing this after I messaged you,lol

Homeschooling does matter in some states. In those states they don’t personally require vaccines but the schools do, so i woukd think if you homeschool you circumvent that.

I see others said different but I know some people who homeschool for that reason.

@RedPowerLady It depends, each school district has it’s own restrictions

@YARNLADY but do homeschools really fall under the same guidelines in some areas?

@RedPowerLady In California, homeschoolers are required to learn the same subjects the State education code specifies. The method of teaching these subjects varies. All students are required to meet the same health requirements no matter where or how they are taught.

The only enforcement is through a complaint system, there are no home visitations or testing of the children, unless some requests an investigation.

It is obvious, with at least one recent story of children being born in secret and raised in a kidnapper’s backyard that not everyone follows the rules.

I think we are on a different page. I looked at California Immunization Laws. For one a parent can be exempt based purely on personal beliefs so long as they fill out a form. Second it only applies to “schools, child care centers, or family child care homes.” So essentially they do not have to vaccinate if they don’t want to. And if they home school they don’t even need to fill out a form saying so.

@RedPowerLady OK, I see where you are confused. The education code states that all home schools are considered ‘private’ schools, and they must file an attendance form on a yearly basis.

“The governing authority shall not unconditionally admit any person as a pupil of any private or public elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, unless prior to his or her first admission to that institution he or she has been fully immunized.”

There is a provision to file for an exemption.

Many home school parents choose to ignore the requirement that they file the attendance form, and there is little to zero oversight.

@YARNLADY Aha! Thank you for clearing that up. Now I understand where you are coming from.

@jerv This is worth reading all the way through.
http://www.vaccinetruth.org/doctors_against_vaccines.htm

@Hunger4Healing I trust peer reviewed articles more than one that contains that many misspellings. Small sample sizes are statistically irrelevant. All that that did was damage the credibility of the anti-vaccine crowd. You really would’ve furthered your cause more by not bringing that link up.

All Schools Require
some vaccinations, if the child has a medical or religious reason why they can not receive the vaccine , then they can be exempt.