Austin, Texas (AP) -Texas was the center of the United States this year. The largest measles occurred Most diseases More than 700 have a disease The state was sent to dozens of hospitals, leading to the death of two children who were not vaccinated.
However, even if the onset is slow, the legislation approved by the state lawmakers was sent to the Republican government. Greg Abod It is much easier for parents to register their children to school. Without standard vaccination In the case of diseases such as measles whooping coughPediatric and hepatitis and B.
The supporters already simplify the legal exemption process, allowing the family to avoid vaccines for conscience, religious beliefs or medical reasons. It will allow you to download the required forms on the website instead of contacting the state health authorities and waiting to come by mail.
The bill does not change what vaccine is needed. But critics open the door of additional onset that have potentially fatal results when they alleviate the exemption process.
Rekha Lakshmanan, the chief strategic director of the non -profit vaccination project in Texas, told the State Senator before this bill was approved, “If this bill is the law, Texas will be able to see more diseases, more death and higher health care costs.
“What happens in Texas is not a coincidence, a canary of coal mine screaming at the top of the lungs.
The exemptions on other legislation passed by the Texas House of Representatives and the preventive restrictions on the lawsuit against the vaccine manufacturers and the removal of preventive restrictions on long -term transplantation are snapshots of efforts to question or roll requirements in dozens of conservative states.
At the national level, the waves were buoyed by push bags with pushbacks from the inclusion of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Trump administration. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Before he was appointed Minister of Health and Welfare, he was one of the major anti -batted advocates in the United States.
Most recent Federal data Kindergarten vaccination rates have been found to have decreased in kindergarten vaccination. 92.7% 2023-24 Compared to 95%before COVID-19, the ratio of children with exemptions rose to a record high. And last week, “Make the United States healthy again” Federal Report We questioned the need for the vaccine order of Schhoolkids for the health and health of the state.
The National Immunization Managers Association, a state and local immune management organization, has been tracking nearly 600 vaccine legislation nationwide in 2025. The majority will not be considered a professional vaccine.Brent Ewig, the chief policy officer of the group, said.
EWIG said, “We have seen a surge in vaccine legislation during the epidemic period, which has been thinner for the last few years, and has recently been spike again in the recent federal level.
Texas measles occurred and vaccine requirements
Measles have been considered removed from the United States since 2000. The occurrence of Texas began at the end of January. West Texas Meno Night Community It was resistant to the vaccine and distrust of government intervention, and the contagious virus jumped quickly to another place with low vaccination rates.
Like many states, Texas requires children to obtain vaccines to protect them from 11 diseases to attend public, private schools and childcare centers. State Vaccination rate In the 2023-24 school year, 93.78% for chickenpox and 95.78% for hepatitis B.
However, parents may be exempted for religious or personal reasons, or they can determine that doctors are not safe due to medical conditions.
Texas’s exemption rate has been increasing for almost 20 years and has been dramatically surge in the last five years. According to the Texas Department of Health Services, the institution received an exemption from about 153,000 students in the 2023-2024 fiscal year, and doubled the 77,000 people requested in 2019 from 136,000 last year.
Texas’s Vaccine Rollback
The legislation on vaccine exemption documents allows parents to download them with computers or smartphones so that they can get the required form more easily. The current system, in which parents ask the state officials to send a copy of paper by home, can sometimes take a few weeks. Western foods must be entered school and students must still be notarized before they register.
Advocates say that this change will help parents conduct bureaucracy and enroll their children faster.
“This bill is not about government efficiency and government efficiency and to protect children in school.
Critics argue that if you simplify the exemption process, children who are not vaccinated will be registered in the school and cannot be at risk of other children and family health.
Lakshmanan said, “For many years, Texas has a delicate balance of parental rights, public health and safety.” This bill is more than just a form … We can support parents without danger of other families.
Still waiting for the Senate’s vote is a bill that can be sued if the vaccine manufacturer advertises in Texas if the vaccine is injured. This bill was opposed by the Texas manufacturer association.
The author of this bill is Shelley Luther. Simple prison In 2020, the opening of the Dallas Salon in violation of the governor’s emergency order during the epidemic. Abbott quickly weakened the execution of the Corona virus protection, and the court ordered her to release.
