Despite an emergency law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown Monday allowing incoming students more time to get the whooping cough vaccine required to enroll in school, Riverside County health officials urge residents to act sooner rather than later.
A nurse prepares a vaccine injection. A new law signed July 25, allows school districts to conditionally admit students who do not have proof of the Tdap vaccination for up to 30 days. (AP File Photo)
According to the new law, schools can now conditionally admit students who do not have proof of the Tdap vaccination for up to 30 days.
Previous requirements made all incoming students in grades 7-12 at public and private schools, show proof of vaccination before the school-year enrollment process.
“The need for students to get the Tdap vaccination remains a high priority when it comes to the health of the community,” said Riverside County Health Officer Dr. Eric Frykman in a news release. “Nothing has changed in that regard. It is crucial for parents and guardians to get their children vaccinated as soon as possible.”
SW Riverside Family Care Centers with extended hours:
Hemet Family Care Center: 880 N. State St.
Dates: August 2, 9, 16, 19, 23, 24
Hours: 8-11 a.m., 1 p.m. -6:30 p.m.
Lake Elsinore Family Care Center: 2499 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Dates: July 28 and August 4, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18,
Hours: 8-11 a.m. & 1-6:30 p.m.
The Riverside County Office of Education estimates that while more than 220,000 students in the county are required to get the vaccine, there will only be a 55 percent compliance rate.
Last year, more than 9,000 Californians got the illness and 10 infants died from whopping cough, according to the Riverside County Department of Public Health.
In order to provide Riverside County students with the required whooping cough vaccine, the Riverside County Health Department extended the hours at 10 Public Health Family Care Centers earlier this month so the Tdap vaccines can be administered. Health officials are encouraging parents to take their children to a family doctor for the vaccine or make an appointment at one of the 10 clinics if they do not have insurance.
The child’s immunization record is necessary at the time of visit and a $10 administration fee will be charged at the county’s Family Care Centers.
For information on clinic hours and locations, call 800-720-9553.
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In 2010, California had 10 infant deaths from pertussis out of over half a million births. There were no deaths to children over one, teens, or adults. California has 10 million residents under 18. Ten deaths in ten million minors, the math isn’t hard, it’s one in a million. So why does every teen need to get this shot? Short answer, they don’t.
The Tdap vaccine they are giving our kids has a high rate of serious adverse reactions. In clinical trials, the rate of temperature over 103 degrees was 1:500. Many other serious adverse reactions were reported at high rates as shown in the package insert (your doctor gets this) linked below.
The package insert states, “Throughout the 6-month follow-up period in the principal safety study, serious adverse events were reported in 1.5% of Adacel vaccine recipients and 1.4% in Td vaccine recipients. Two serious adverse events in adults were neuropathic events that occurred within 28 days of Adacel vaccine administration; one severe migraine with unilateral facial paralysis and one diagnosis of nerve compression in neck and left arm”
The vaccine also has a low efficacy rate of 77.9%, in other words it fails nearly a quarter of the time. Even worse, they don’t understand how it works. Check for yourself, the package insert goes on to say: “The mechanism of protection from B pertussis disease (whooping cough) is not well understood.”
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM142764.pdf
Every parent is entitled to take the personal beliefs exemption. Simply sign the boxed area on the back of the form linked below and your child is in school unconditionally. If the school denies admission, they are in violation of state law and the administrators can be held accountable.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/forms/CtrldForms/pm286b.pdf