""Think back.....school.....maybe kindergarten....mandatory polio shots...come on..think...think....but then you may be dealing with a handicap that you mentioned......'As far as I am aware'""

Wrong I'm afraid GfS, at least in the UK!

Parents were told the advantages and it was assumed that they would all agree, but the children of any who objected were not vaccinated.

In this country it is illegal and constitutes assault to medicate a child without parental consent. Schools can't even administer a child's dose aspirin without parental consent.

This is why measles has become a problem again. Some stupid ar****le claimed that MMR vaccine was linked to autism. His research was utterly debunked, being absolute nonsense, but it scared a generation of parents into saying "NO!"

It takes a court order to override parents wishes.

I don't know what the situation is in the US, but I imagine it is the same. Have there not been court cases over Christian Scientists and Jehovah Witnesses refusing treatment for dying children?

Don T.