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Georgia bill proposes getting rid of childhood vaccine requirements
A ten year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. - An expert panel unanimously recommended Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccine for five- to 11-year-olds on November 2, the penultimate step in the process that will allow injections in young children to begin this week in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the top US public health agency, was expected to endorse that recommendation later in the day. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
A health care expert is pushing back against a new bill that could end vaccination requirements in schools across Georgia.
The Georgia legislature is debating whether the state should stop mandating vaccine passports.
But critics say it could be used to end childhood vaccination requirements in public schools.
At least one doctor says childhood vaccines are necessary.Dr. Carlos del Rio serves as theExecutive Associate Dean at Emory University's School of Medicine at Grady.
In-school requirements for vaccinations have allowed us to really deal with, you know, pretty much many of the childhood diseases. So any bill that will ban vaccinations of children entering school, I think it's bad for public health. I think it's bad for our children, and it's something that hopefully will be corrected and will be amended.
The Georgia Department of Public Health currently requires eight vaccines for school-aged children, including those to prevent measles, mumps, and chickenpox.
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