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Documents Refuting Vermont Public Health’s Support of EliminatingPhilosophical Vaccination ExemptionsUnited Health Foundation Healthiest State ReportVT 2010/2011 K-12 Require vaccine statistics with provisional admittanceclarificationVT Current Exemption FormVT K Provisional GraphVT NIS, County1985 to 2010 Vaccine Expansion Graph & Costsee alsohttp://www.scribd.com/doc/80383332/S199-Commitee-Submission-With-Exhibits
UHF calculates VT at 91.2%immunization coverage 19-35 MO,only 4.8% behind state withhighest coverage.
V. Provisional Admittance
(2)
A student may be admitted to school
provisionally
if a health care provider indicates a student is in the process of complying with all immunization requirements. Such provisional admission shall be for areasonable length of time but shall not exceed one year.
http://healthvermont.gov/regs/documents/imm_regulations.pdf Students who are missing as little as one dose of avaccine on the schedule require a "ProvisionalAdmittance" to be enrolled in school. This reportcloses December 31 of each year, 9 months beforethe Provisional Admittance time period expires.
Commissioner Chenis misusing thetemporary
“ProvisionalAdmittance”
statistic, which is
double
thePhilosophicalExempt rate inKindergarten,(10.44% vs.5.08%),on his map tomislead VermontLegislators, Press,and Citizens aboutthe true vaccinationstatus of students.Is this Ethical?
Clarification of "Provisional Admittance"versus Philosophical Exemption Rates
Vermont has Excellent coverage of therequired vaccines.
Kindergartnersstart school exceeding 90% for DTP, Polio, MMR, HepB all , even though 10.44%of students enroll withProvisional Admittance,meaning they are coming into compliance.By7th GradePolio, MMR, HepB, aredocumented above 98%, even with 12.96%Provisional Admittance, because there is a DTaPbooster required in 7th Grade. Families who doMMR don't skip DTaP, and the DTaP statisticpaces the others in the following reporting year.