What exactly will SB 276 accomplish, and why has it drawn the fury of anti-vaxxers? Here’s what to know
Jessica Biel. Photo: Gary Gershoff/WireImage This past summer, when Jezebel took notice of suspicious Instagram photos of Jessica Biel seemingly lobbying alongside a prominent anti-vaxxer, the actress unintentionally directed the country’s attention toward a California bill that was infuriating anti-vaccination activists: SB 276, which pertains to the medical exemption process for immunizations.
Wait, first, what exactly are medical exemptions? In short, medical exemptions allow people — typically, children — to abstain from being immunized due to a medical condition. Per the National Vaccine Information Center, medical exemptions should be “very difficult to obtain because almost all medical reasons for delaying or withholding vaccines have been eliminated by government and medical trade officials.
Which is why anti-vaxxers are opposed it, right? Anti-vaxxers, many of whom have spoken out against the bill on social media, are vehemently opposed to it. The negative response to it has been so strong that Pan put out a “fact versus myth” sheet to combat disinformation.
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