Bill could eliminate religious exemptions for vaccines

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A bill on Beacon Hill looks to crack down on the religious vaccine exemption for Massachusetts school children.

Northe Saunders, President of American Families for Vaccines, backs the bill, saying the growing excuse rate could threaten herd immunity numbers. He said some Massachusetts schools have already fallen well below the 95% immunization rate needed to protect everyone from measles.

He said a growing number of families have used religious exemptions as an excuse to bypass vaccine requirements for schools in Massachusetts, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.