Unvaccinated students in New York have 14 days from the start of school to prove they received the first dose of each immunization, and they must make appointments for the next round within a month. Most schools reopen just after Labor Day.
When New York lawmakers revoked a religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations, the change sent thousands of the state's parents scrambling to get their kids shots — or get them out of the classroom entirely.
At the private Aurora Waldorf School in suburban Buffalo, parents of 21 students said they would not be attending this fall, rather than rush to vaccinate, said administrator Anna Harp, who oversees about 175 students from preschool to eighth grade. More than 1,200 cases of measles have been confirmed in 30 states this year, more than three-quarters of them linked to outbreaks in New York and New York City, the Centers for Disease Control reported.
Like many parents, Gentry's view on vaccines does not stem from formal religious teachings but rather personal beliefs, including that God created people with natural immunity against diseases. Leslie Danesi said her 15-year-old daughter, who was captain of her school's basketball team and was to be president of the student council, will be home-schooled this year and miss out on those opportunities.
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