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>The only hope is to out-crazy them.

Or just outlaw all exemptions except medically necessary and block unimmunized children from attending school.

They'll homeschool them. In the worst case, you're punishing the kid, not the parent.

So be it. Fundamentalist Christians have the highest rate of home schooling now. At least the general public will be protected -- I'll take a slight uptick in home schooling for a huge increase in vaccination. And besides those truly committed to the cause the moms doing this because they're just followers will most likely not home school. Too much trouble.

I have blood relatives (not family) into this crap. Both the homeschooling and the fundamentalism. They "protect" their children from everything outside of their narrow worldviews, science being a chief villain. It's an incredible disservice to the kids. Who are alarmingly numerous and approaching voting age.

Unfortunately with the ease of forgery(my verification was a copy of a copy from 1990s when attending college) this is not exactly an easy solution. There is minimal to no verification process really in place.

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