[Hoodat]

I can find nothing that shows that Hep-B vaccine is required by the state of Alaska for infants and toddlers. Do you have a link?

The point of my post was to cite the moral factor as a reason why people oppose mandatory vaccination for diseases like Hep-B, HIV, or HPV, while not opposing vaccines for diseases like mumps, rubella, measles, or pertussis.

[CA Conservative]

Look at page 11 of this document. Three doses of Hep B are required before a child can enter kindergarten in Alaska (sooner if they go into pre-school).

[CA Conservative]

By the way - the mandated vaccine that Alaska uses for Hep-B is made by - Merck.

[thackney]

Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP/DT/Td/Tdap)
Polio
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b)

These are the required vaccines in Alaska.

http://www.epi.alaska.gov/id/iz/factsheet/IZReqFactSheet.pdf

Note in Alaska you can get an exemption for medical or religious reasons. However, you cannot get an exemption due for personal choice. In Texas you can get an exemption based upon personal choice.

[Old Student]

“I can find nothing that shows that Hep-B vaccine is required by the state of Alaska for infants and toddlers.”

I think if you’ll check the (drawing a blank on proper name/acronym, but the organization of pediatric doctors) that they’ve recommended Hep-B shots for all children prior to going to school, and that the recommendation has been adopted by nearly every state in the Union. I know it’s in place here in Oklahoma.

OS