{"id":5413,"date":"2015-02-04T22:17:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T05:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5413"},"modified":"2015-02-04T22:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T05:17:57","slug":"stapleton-to-build-no-immunization-school-for-2016-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5413","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton to Build \u201cNo Immunization\u201d School for 2016-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"vaccine-free<\/a>An independent study recently presented to the Front Porch<\/a> suggests that some Stapleton schools have a lower than expected percentage of kids who have had all of their appropriate vaccinations. The study indicates that not only do some local schools fall below the preferred vaccination percentages, but the average percentages across all Colorado schools also falls short. \u201cThese recommended percentages are put in place for a reason,\u201d says Dr. Craig Sifers. \u201cNot all vaccinations are 100% effective, so if you have a child where the vaccination didn\u2019t work, you want them surrounded by people where the vaccination did work, so they do not get one of these terrible diseases. There is no proof of long term side effects, so EVERY child should get their vaccinations. When you choose to not get vaccinations for your child, you are not just putting your child at risk, you are putting many others at risk as well.\u201d\n\nStapleton mom Kate Logan disagrees. \u201cParents should have a choice,\u201d says Logan. \u201cThe truth is we are not sure about what the long term effects can be for vaccinations, and even though the particular study linking autism to a measles vaccination was proven false and retracted by the publisher, who\u2019s to say their wasn\u2019t a little truth in it. Parents need to be making their own educated decisions about what is best for their kids.\u201d Dr. Sifers strongly disagrees. \u201cThe thing is, you are not just putting your own child in danger. You are putting society in danger. Not to mention, if your child gets the mumps, measles, etc., that is significantly worse than the current known possible side effects of sore arm and possible fever.\u201d\nUnfortunately, numbers indicate that several Stapleton parents disagree with science experts, and are willing to roll the dice. \u201cWe see that there are many people not just in Stapleton, but across the state who prefer to not have their child vaccinated,\u201d said DPS Board member Chris Parker. \u201cFor that reason, DPS is announcing that we will be building another school in Stapleton, which will be for all kids who have not been vaccinated. Other kids may choose to go there as well, but only if there are open spots from non-vaccinated kids.\u201d Parker says DPS hopes the new school has a two pronged effect. \u201cFirst of all, we hope it will bring all of the vaccinated levels up to 100% in the rest of the Stapleton schools,\u201d says Parker. \u201cSecondly, it will be a place where parents who have similar mindsets on public health can have their kids all attend the same place.\u201d\nDr. Sifers is not so keen on the idea. \u201cThis is a way of encouraging kids to not get vaccinated,\u201d says Sifers. \u201cAll of our resources should be going into figuring out a way to educate people appropriately so all kids get vaccinated. There are so many disastrous consequences that could come of this.\u201d Logan is excited about the new school, and is apprehensive about previous claims from doctors, research, and science. \u201cIt will be neat to have our child attend a school where we all have similar thoughts on the subject. I mean, you hardly even hear of measles and mumps anymore. Are they really that bad? I\u2019m not so sure measles have ever killed anyone. I don\u2019t know anyone that has been killed by measles.\u201d Unfortunately for Logan, that could change soon.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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