In Sweden you get your child vaccinated to protect your community, not just your child.

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20. Risky, the best source I found for this esoteric info (NVIC) triggered an 'automatic' hide once.

http://www.nvic.org/vaccine-laws.aspx

FEDERAL VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS VS. STATE VACCINE LAWS

There is a difference between federal vaccine policies and state vaccine laws. Federal public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) make national vaccine policy recommendations for children and adults. With the approval of state legislatures, public health officials in state health departments make and enforce vaccine mandates. That is why vaccine laws and legal exemptions to vaccination vary from state to state.

The first vaccine mandated in the U.S. was smallpox vaccine. By 1922, some states had passed laws requiring that children show proof they were vaccinated for smallpox in order to attend school. By the early 1980’s, the CDC recommended and most states mandated that children get 23 doses of seven vaccines (polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella) to attend kindergarten.

By 2014, the CDC recommended that children get 69 doses of 16 vaccines between day of birth and age 18. Most states mandate that children get 29 doses of nine vaccines to attend kindergarten with children enrolled in daycare in many states required to get multiple doses of 13 vaccines.

LEGAL EXEMPTIONS TO VACCINATION

Medical, religious, philosophical, conscientious or personal belief exemptions are worded differently in each state. To file and receive a vaccine exemption for your child to attend school, you must follow the regulations outlined in your state’s vaccine law. In 2014, all 50 states allowed a medical vaccine exemption; 48 states allowed a religious vaccine exemption and 17 states allowed a philosophical, conscientious or personal belief exemption.

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"...By the early 1980’s,
the CDC recommended
and most states mandated
that children get 23 doses of seven vaccines (polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella) to attend kindergarten."

"...By 2014,
the CDC recommended that children get 69 doses of 16 vaccines between day of birth and age 18.
Most states mandate that children get 29 doses of nine vaccines to attend kindergarten
with children enrolled in daycare in many states required to get multiple doses of 13 vaccines."

TAKEAWAY: Children enrolled in daycare today in many states are required to get 'multiple doses' of almost DOUBLE the number of vaccines mandated to attend kindergarten in the early '80's (13 vs 7, now 9). (Great points. I didn't know there was a difference between daycare and kindergarten mandates. Thanks for pinpointing this distinction.)