{"id":13367,"date":"2023-08-10T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texansforvaccinechoice.com\/?p=13367"},"modified":"2023-09-05T21:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:08:27","slug":"mainstream-media-outlets-suppress-information-about-vaccine-choice-ahead-of-new-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texansforvaccinechoice.com\/mainstream-media-outlets-suppress-information-about-vaccine-choice-ahead-of-new-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainstream Media Outlets Suppress Information About Vaccine Choice Ahead of New School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As schools prepare to welcome students back to campus, there has been an unfortunate, yet predictable, regurgitation of misinformation regarding the rights of school children to be exempted from taking vaccines recommended for public school enrollment. This omission of information about exemption availability, whether intentional or otherwise, must be corrected regardless of the source.<\/p><p>As seen in news stories such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/health\/2023\/08\/01\/classroom-ready-vaccines-your-kids-need-from-kindergarten-to-college\/\">this one<\/a> from KPRC in Houston, so-called journalists take up ample screen time to become de facto promoters of pharmaceutical products, urging parents to make sure their kids are up-to-date on supposedly required vaccines lest they be excluded from school. While the reporter in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/back-to-school\/back-to-school-what-vaccines-do-your-kids-need-before-returning-to-the-classroom\/3307238\/\">this piece <\/a>does acknowledge the existence of \u201cReasons of Conscience\u201d exemptions, she goes on to warn parents that \u201cinconvenience\u201d isn\u2019t an acceptable excuse for not getting vaccines (deemed acceptable by whom, she doesn\u2019t say). Other examples of egregious oversight can be found in every region of the state, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everythinglubbock.com\/news\/city-of-lubbock-to-hold-free-vaccination-clinic-for-kids\/\">panhandle<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/local\/hays-county\/hays-county-back-to-school-health-fair\/269-18ef85c8-084e-436e-aba4-c6a3264876b1\">Central Texas<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/baytownsun.com\/local\/get-children-back-to-school-and-on-track-with-routine-vaccinations\/article_336767f8-330a-11ee-a3fc-1b5bd0f53291.html\">Southeast Texas<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kltv.com\/2023\/08\/03\/immunization-updates-parents-minds-back-to-school-draws-near\/\">Northeast Texas<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bluebonnetnews.com\/2023\/08\/02\/back-to-school-vaccine-clinics-coming-to-dayton-and-liberty-this-saturday\/\">everywhere<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/video\/2023\/07\/18\/kwtx4-nurse-practitioner-discusses-back-school-immunizations-71823\/\">between<\/a>.<\/p><p>Though one would expect media outlets to go to great lengths to avoid \u201cdisinformation\u201d campaigns, what with their huge push to \u201cfollow the science\u201d during the COVID pandemic, it\u2019s almost as though their Big Pharma advertisers and sponsors take over in the month of August. Between the \u201cno shots, no school\u201d mantra and non-stop pieces promoting \u201cImmunization Awareness Month\u201d, the news is nothing more than a thirty minute long commercial for vaccine manufacturers.<\/p><p>The fact is, immunizations are NOT required for children to participate in the public school system, regardless of the student&#8217;s age. Texas law clearly states that parents have the right to exempt their children from the vaccine schedule, be it declining one, some or all shots, by simply requesting a FREE affidavit from the Department of State Health Services website and submitting the completed form to the school prior to enrollment of the child.&nbsp;<\/p><p>For complete and accurate information about Texas vaccine exemptions, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/texansforvaccinechoice.com\/exemptions\/\">https:\/\/texansforvaccinechoice.com\/exemptions\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As schools prepare to welcome students back to campus, there has been an unfortunate, yet predictable, regurgitation of misinformation regarding the rights of school children to be exempted from taking vaccines recommended for public school enrollment. This omission of information about exemption availability, whether intentional or otherwise, must be corrected regardless of the source. 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