Following the passing of mandatory vaccines for children in California, various public figures and activists, including Jim Carrey, took to social media to voice their thoughts around the new mandate.
The bill, passed this Monday, removes all exemptions to vaccine requirements for school entry except those medically indicated.
Naturally, the bill has created significant and acrimonious opposition – including comparisons to Nazi Germany – and controversy that has surrounded the bill since its inception, inspired by the over-dramatized outbreak of measles that began at Disneyland last winter.
The law applies to students attending any public or private school in the state, so parents who choose not to vaccinate children for non-medical reasons would need to homeschool their children. The only other states with similar immunization policies that do not allow any non-medical exemptions are Mississippi and West Virginia.
