Transcript Establishing State Vaccination Policies

Establishing State Vaccination
Policies
A BIOETHICAL DILEMMA
Ashland, OR
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines
/view/
 What are some reasons for each side of the debate?
 Those who favor vaccines
 Those who oppose mandatory vaccines
Maryland: Vaccines or Else!
 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2007/
11/17/harris.maryland.child.vaccine.cnn?iref=allsear
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 Do you agree with county officials in Maryland?
 What ethical questions arise from this?
Our guiding question for this activity:
 Under what circumstances, if any,
should a state grant exemptions to
its school vaccination policy?
 At the end of activity, you will make a recommendation
to the Washington State public health department
regarding school vaccination policy.
Gathering the Facts
 3 stations, 7 minutes at each station
 Vaccine-preventable
diseases (pink)
 Vaccine risks (orange)
 Exemptions (green)
 Gather facts, work together in your group, complete
your worksheet
Key Questions
 Ethical question: Under what
circumstances, if any, should a
state grant exemptions to its
school vaccination policy?
Key Questions
 Relevant Facts:
 Chances of contracting disease, and harm from disease
VARIES
 Vaccine risks are low (a few exceptions)
 Childhood infectious disease has been nearly eliminated due
to vaccinations
 Sometimes outbreaks occur due to vaccine failure or because
people have not been vaccinated
 Every state allows at least one type of exemption to
mandatory vaccination policy (medical, religious,
philosophical)
Think about this:
 Are some reasons for wanting to opt
out of vaccination more acceptable
than others? For example: is refusing a
vaccination because of fears about health risks as
acceptable as refusing because of fear of needles?
Reminder…
 Test Friday
 Chapter 19: Virus and Bacteria
 Chapter 40: Immune System
 Study:
 Learning Targets(get this today)
 Reading Guides
 Immune response worksheet (blue)
 Blood Type chart