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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Politics SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Sunday, December 3, 2023 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Politics|‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/us/politics/mississippi-childhood-vaccine-mandates.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT ‘MEDICAL FREEDOM’ ACTIVISTS TAKE AIM AT NEW TARGET: CHILDHOOD VACCINE MANDATES Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds. * Share full article * * * Read in app Public health experts say the idea that there should be freedom of choice around vaccines defeats the very purpose of vaccination.Credit...Rory Doyle for The New York Times By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who covers the intersection of health policy and politics, reported from Jackson and Hattiesburg, Miss. Dec. 3, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET Sign Up for the Education Briefing From preschool to grad school, get the latest U.S. education news. Get it sent to your inbox. For more than 40 years, Mississippi had one of the strictest school vaccination requirements in the nation, and its high childhood immunization rates have been a source of pride. But in July, the state began excusing children from vaccination if their parents cited religious objections, after a federal judge sided with a “medical freedom” group. Today, 2,100 Mississippi schoolchildren are officially exempt from vaccination on religious grounds. Five hundred more are exempt because their health precludes vaccination. Dr. Daniel P. Edney, the state health officer, warns that if the total number of exemptions climbs above 3,000, Mississippi will once again face the risk of deadly diseases that are now just a memory. “For the last 40 years, our main goal has been to protect those children at highest risk of measles, mumps, rubella, polio,” Dr. Edney said in an interview, “and that’s those children that have chronic illnesses that make them more vulnerable.” He called the ruling “a very bitter pill for me to swallow.” Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Sheryl Gay Stolberg is a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. In more than two decades at The Times, she has also covered the White House, Congress and national politics. Previously, at The Los Angeles Times, she shared in two Pulitzer Prizes won by that newspaper’s Metro staff. More about Sheryl Gay Stolberg * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2023 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions KEEP READING THE TIMES BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT OR LOGGING IN. Continue Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options