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Who knew? My state’s vaccine personal belief exemption rate stinks! (Part 2: What to do.)

Post author By Orac
Post date December 12, 2014
50 Comments on Who knew? My state’s vaccine personal belief exemption rate stinks! (Part 2: What to do.)

After yesterday’s post on the depressingly high (and increasing, apparently) rate of personal belief exemptions to vaccination requirements for entering school in the state of Michigan, I felt the need to pontificate a bit further. The reason is that MLive.com has posted some followup stories. Also, I didn’t have a lot of time last night […]

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Who knew? My state’s vaccine personal belief exemption rate stinks!

Post author By Orac
Post date December 11, 2014
140 Comments on Who knew? My state’s vaccine personal belief exemption rate stinks!

One aspect of my life that’s kind of strange is how I’ve basically ended up back where I started. I was born and raised in southeast Michigan (born in the city of Detroit, actually, although my parents moved to the suburbs when I was 10). After going to college and medical school at the University […]

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