< Return to Talk
06.25.08, 11:26 AM NY Schools
63 replies
is chicken pox vaccine a requirement to go to school in NYC (public or private)? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.25.08, 11:26 AM Flag
 

Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at urbanbaby-support@cbsinteractive.com.

Thanks so much,

UrbanBaby Support

»
it should be. signed pregnant mom of entering K kid [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:26 AM Flag
»
Oh, get over it. The more we vaccinate and anti-bacterialize our kids, the more they die from stuff like asthma and peanut allergies. Life=germs, and chicken pox kills a statistical miniscule number of people. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:45 PM Flag
»
ew [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:54 PM Flag
»
Then get a dog for your kids. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 05:55 PM Flag
»
i think you're talking about overuse of antibiotics. chicken pox is pretty deadly to the very small ones (babies), not to be taken lightly. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:45 PM Flag
»
How many people were actually killed by chicken pox? [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:58 PM Flag
»
100 per year, half kids, half adults. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:26 AM Flag
»
ITA. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:56 PM Flag
»
ITA - its insane, all the relatively minor illnesses we don't allow our childrent to get anymore. Anybody ever heard of risk vs. reward? [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 08:14 PM Flag
»
This was my thought, until my kid got chicken pox that left terrible scars all over his face. Every new situation, he gets asked about it (by other kids). My next kid got the vaccine. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 08:27 PM Flag
»
Why on earth? You should have been vaccinated if you haven't had chicken pox as a child. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:56 PM Flag
»
i think religious exemptions are made only if you refuse all vaccines. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:27 AM Flag
»
yes you have to have the shot [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:29 AM Flag
»
nope. you can get a religious exemption. though as poster below points out there is legislation pending to make all vaccines mandatory. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:59 AM Flag
»
which hopefully will never pass. Good luck making everyone get flu shot every year, they run out even with the people who actually want them. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:57 PM Flag
»
no vaccines are a "requirement." you can get out of any of them. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:30 AM Flag
»
np: there is currently legislation being voted on in NY state that would make vaccinations manditory for all children, including HPV and annual flu shots. this is completely scary to me. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:37 AM Flag
»
so keep your little wall flower home. you people are nuts. do you realize how hysterical you are? do you realize you are raising dcs to be afraid in the world? all of that anxiety cannot be good. I feel for them...and you. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:42 AM Flag
»
you actually believe that making flu shots for all children (and HPV vaccine for all girls) in NY state manditory is a good idea? i'm not saying that people shouldn't protect their kids, and i'm so not raising my dc to be afraid of the world...but these vaccines should be a parent's choice. it should not be manditory. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:56 AM Flag
»
Why wouldn't it be a good idea? Keeping society healthy is one of the governments mandate. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 11:59 AM Flag
»
Because we don't all agree with you, YOur HIghness, on how to keep our kids healthy. I do not believe that flu shots make for a healthier population...not by a long shot. I bet you walk around with one of those bottles of hand sanitizers in every purse, pocket, and backpack too, don't you? [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:46 PM Flag
»
eh, no. again, this is personal hygiene. has nothing to do with passing around the flu or chicken pox. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:49 PM Flag
»
If YOU get a chicken pox shot, YOU can't get it, right? So why should you care if I don't get a shot and do get it? I still can't give it to you. So pump yourself full of loosely-tested viruses and chemicals, and leave the rest of us alone! [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:54 PM Flag
»
ew [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:55 PM Flag
»
Because you get it an give it to folks that have not had the shot, yet, for example. The shot is relatively new (it's been available since 1995) and there are still generations out there that are still preceptive to the virus. Imagine one of them is pregnant and your child caught the pox (because he wasn't vacced) and passes it on to that poor woman? It would not have happened if your gave your kid the shot (well, there is still a 20% chance that your kid could get the pox, but that's better than 100%). [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:05 PM Flag
»
With something like polio, you maybe have a case. Chicken pox? Flu? I'm not doing something I don't believe is safe or necessary, to my child's body, because someone else isn't getting a shot. We still have a few personal freedoms over our own bodies, and those of our children, but you crazies want us to give up what little we have left so someone doesn't itch for two weeks? Insane. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:11 PM Flag
»
The chicken pox can be really dangerous for unborn children. The flu can be really dangerous for many people, especially the young and the elderly. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:16 PM Flag
»
np: But the shots are not even all that effective, and you have to do them every year. I am not doing it, for anyone in this family. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:55 PM Flag
»
Me neither. We have freedom over our own bodies in this country, thank God, and I'm going to exercise that freedom. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:04 AM Flag
»
np. Do you have any idea how many people die from the flu? You really can not equate influenza with chicken pox. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 07:52 PM Flag
»
from op: if a woman who is planning to get pg nowadays never had chicken pox, she should be tested to see if she is immune, and if not she should probably get vaccinated. i never had chicken pox and was tested. i'm immune, but definitely would have gotten vaccinated if results were otherwise. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 05:52 PM Flag
»
if a woman has never had chicken pox, she should get tested to find out if she is immune, and if not, she should get vaccinated before becoming pg. it's her responsibility to do this. i was tested, and it turns out i am immune, thankfully...but i would have gotten vaccinated if not b/c i understand the risk i could potentially face as an adult getting chicken pox. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 05:56 PM Flag
»
np: Some people do actually get pregnant without planning it. So, yes, not vaccinating your dc does put other innocent people at risk. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:05 PM Flag
»
ok...but imagine you are a woman of childbearing age and you haven't had chicken pox. you should be responsible for getting yourself vaccinated if you don't want to get it, no? it's up to everybody else in the world to not get you sick? i'm not saying at all that people shouldn't vaccinate their dc for chicken pox. i'm saying that you, as an adult, should be vaccinated if you know you haven't had it. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:17 PM Flag
»
Life is fraught with risks. It's called "living." Driving puts other innocent people at risk, too, but that's not illegal. People have to be allowed some autonomy over their own bodies and own lives. We simply cannot eliminate all risk of anything and everything. Some of us do not feel that certain vaccines are safe, or even effective, and we have the legal right to skip them. Your 1 in 1000000 chance of contracting chicken pox, and having it hurt you, during your 9 months of pregnancy, should not eliminate my right to skip a shot that could have lifetime health implications. Get over it. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:22 AM Flag
»
Let's go back to the statistics. 100 people per year die from chicken pox complications. 100. Out of over 300,000,000. Please, calm down. You have a better chance of dying from an infected paper cut. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:28 AM Flag
»
I agree! mandatory vaccinations is crazy. chicken pox is not really a life-threatening illness (only extreme cases). some vaccinations have ingredients in them your kids can be allergic too--how is giving your kid an allergic reaction healthy. It isn't raising children to be afraid... or making them a wall flower (that one doesn't even make sense) [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:02 PM Flag
»
Dude, if your child is allergic to an ingredient the doctor will either find an alternative or you will get a waiver from the DOE. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:06 PM Flag
»
it's not about that - Parents need to make informed choices - and have the right to do so. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:10 PM Flag
»
your post was all about that! [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:26 PM Flag
»
That's ridiculous - who says she is raising her kids to be afraid of the world. how about just letting families make INFORMED decisions. No state should mandate what we do with our bodies in anyway. I plan on vaccinating but I would much rather live where it's not a $ incentive for state mandates. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:01 PM Flag
»
uhm, that is correct. The state should not make decisions on what YOU are going to do with YOUR body. Totally agreed. Vaccinations and contagious illnesses, though, are way beyond your control and affect the general population. And that's where the state has all rights to jump in and tell you what to do. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:08 PM Flag
»
HPV? [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:10 PM Flag
»
did you die from chicken pox [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:11 PM Flag
»
get ready - a posters dh did in recent years. Besides, in 15-20 years we are all going to find out that the vac didn't protect as well as the disease. Heck, my measles vac didn't work (along with thousands of other people my age) and we all had to get revac in college. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:14 PM Flag
»
Exactly. It doesn't work that well, and they're finding that the people who get cp after the shot wears off get much, much sicker. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:22 AM Flag
»
no, but it still is a very uncomfortable illness. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:26 PM Flag
»
So what? Having it gives you much better immunity that the vaccine actually. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 07:00 PM Flag
»
Why? If you're worried about the disease, YOU get vaccinated. Then if I get it, you won't catch it anyway. How does my decision to not get vaccinated, have anything to do with you? [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:47 PM Flag
»
ew [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:56 PM Flag
»
yes, but your child would still spreading the virus to folks who haven't gotten the shot, yet. This is not about me. It is about taking the responsibility not to contract it and spread it around. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:06 PM Flag
»
People have responsibilities over their own bodies. I have responsibility over mine's, and my child's. I do not have responsibility over someone else who doesn't get a shot. I shouldn't be forced to do something I feel is medically unnecessary, and untested in terms of long-term risk, just because someone else doesn't do their research and decide for themself if they need a shot. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:12 PM Flag
»
you have social responsibilities. Just because you do not believe in something does not mean you have the right to opt out. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:17 PM Flag
»
Oh yes you do and you should have. I am just not getting a crappy flu shot every year, forget about it. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 07:01 PM Flag
»
Yes, you do. That's why we live in a free country. I suggest you move to China or Cuba, you'd obviously be more happy there. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:02 AM Flag
»
you're the one who sounds nuts and over the top. And I'm a vaxer, by the way--and you still sound nuts. Parental choice is the issue here. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:02 PM Flag
»
Nuts? Over the top? Here at UB? Never! [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 01:13 PM Flag
»
I know and it's DISGUSTING--it will never pass. Totally criminal. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 12:02 PM Flag
»
Let's hope not, it is pretty insane. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 07:01 PM Flag
»
Yes, it is unless you get a religious or medical exemption (allergic to eggs, for example) [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:28 PM Flag
»
No, not chicken pox or flu. Neither is required yet. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:29 AM Flag
»
no [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.25.08, 06:31 PM Flag
»
From 1990 to 1994, before a vaccine was available, about 50 children and 50 adults died from chickenpox every year. Let's compare that 100 deaths to the 41,611 people killed in auto accidents in 1999. 17,000 died from slips and falls in that same year. So millions and millions of kids are going to be forced to be vaccinated, many against the wills of their parents, because of 100 deaths per year? That is statistically 0, by the way. [ Reply | More
]
General Topics 06.26.08, 10:26 AM Flag
Refresh » New Post »
Select Category
close [X]

close [X]

Select a Category (only 1)

category
Stages
Regions