I've worked in public health, so of course I think it's a good idea. At some point, the good of the many outweighs the good of the few, and when all that the harm something might do is to offend someone's sensibilities, I don't think that should even be taken into consideration.

When hepatitis B vaccinations became mandatory in schools where I was living, a woman I worked with refused to have her daughter vaccinated. She claimed that her daughter would never, at any time in her life, be at risk for sexual transmission because of their religion. Right. Let all the other kids get the vaccination and her daughter will be safe anyway.

I think public schools ought to make proof of vaccines against communicable diseases required, with no exceptions other than medical ones. People who don't want their children to be vaccinated and protected against the diseases maybe should send their kids to private schools. I even have a problem with that, though, since I think allowing your child to remain vulnerable to a preventable disease might just constitute neglect.

Let them get by with waivers. Then the only girls to get papilloma virus that develops into cervical cancer will be your daughters. But your 'rights' are more important than your children, aren't they?