This is really a shame. I don’t have children so fortunately do not have to deal with the decisions regarding immunization but I do believe that parents should have a choice. Apparently, the state of Maryland does not agree.

On a similar note, WorldNetDaily recently published a piece about the punishment and backlash that US soldiers who refused the anthrax vaccine received. The article was best summed up on Dr. Mercola’s site:

A U.S. soldier in Iraq, Pfc. Leif Hamre, 22, may face dismissal for refusing the anthrax vaccine. According to his own statements, he’s already been given an Article 15 – a non-judicial military punishment – including being taken off missions, assigned 18-hour workdays, and reduction in his pay scale, in addition to being subjected to threats and intimidation.

Concerned about the questionable safety of the vaccine, he became even more concerned after he discovered the military wasn’t even handling the vaccine under the rules for storing it at the correct temperature.

In an open letter he states, “The tactics they have used to coerce me into taking the shot are unregulated, unscrupulous and downright un-American.”

It should be our right and personal choice to receive vaccinations that may compromise our health. Of course military personnel have certain obligations that they adhere to when they enlist but their personal health choices should remain in tact. This is just my perspective. What’s yours?


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