Repeal WAC Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Foster Families
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Lori Aldinger
11 years ago
This act is so wrong...it's a ploy by big drug companies!
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Audra Grider
11 years ago
I have had enough of government control. Its our body, our say. Foster care parents should have every right to take care of their families health as they see fit. to say
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Susan Buck
11 years ago
I am a registered nurse who has had significant reaction to the flu vac, not once but twice such that I do not get the vac any more. I know other nurses and health care professionals who have had the same reaction and do not get them. my grand daughter is allergic to eggs and dairy, at 6 months she received the flu vac and got horrible eczema that she suffered with for a long time afterwards!! allergies and history of reactions in past need to be taken into account!!!
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Rachel
11 years ago
Their body, Their choice!
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Jasmine C. Himes
11 years ago
As someone who would like to become a foster parent I am terrible discouraged by this new WAC.
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Kathy Brasfield
11 years ago
please consider the impact of this WAC
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Glenda Foreman
11 years ago
It would be totally wrong!
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Jamie foster
11 years ago
i have never had the flu shot, my child has never had it andainceu husband left the military he has not taken it. We have not had the flu! Seriously we should get to choose if we put that in our bodies. We do not have weakened immune systems and live a healthy and active lifestyle. Rarely get colds or other sicknesses
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Leslie Hamilton
11 years ago
if this law was implemented it would mean less homes available to foster babies. Alot of loving homes would choose not to get the vaccine
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Lupita Rivera-Jones
11 years ago
people should have choices and should not be made to get this vaccine or any vaccine if they choose not to and shouldn't have to lose their kids or kids lose their placement.
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Valori Stoican
11 years ago
No flu shot requirement for foster families!
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J.W.
11 years ago
please at least allow a waiver for medical or religious reasons...or only required for homes taking medically fragile children at any age.
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Michele Simdars
11 years ago
These foster families already do so much, and them to have their hands force to get this ineffective & sometimes dangerous flu shot is rediculous! Respect your foster families, and repeal this law!!!
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Lori Icopini Casey
11 years ago
Foster families have such a difficult, yet important job. They should be supported and celebrated, not made to abide yet another trite regulation. Especially one which makes little sense. Our laws would do a better service if they focused on empowering and strengthening families, not create more burdens requiring even more government oversight and intervention.
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ashleigh cruze
11 years ago
We need more foster homes, not less!
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Angela Hufford
11 years ago
completely ridiculous how WA state treats foster parents!
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Kimberly Dugan
11 years ago
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I am very concerned about this new WAC as both a foster parent and a social worker. I am very concerned that this will cause us to lose more foster homes and we are already in a placement crisis.
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Elizabeth Swanson
11 years ago
This mandate is the reason we have chosen not get licensed for Foster Care. You can bend over backwards for the government and it's never enough. I'm over it.
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Lynn Gustafson
11 years ago
I will not be giving my young bio kids the flu shot every year, so if this WAC stays in effect we will sadly be done with fostering.
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Leslie Campbell
11 years ago
The state is going to lose many GREAT forter homes requiring this!
This act is so wrong...it's a ploy by big drug companies!
I have had enough of government control. Its our body, our say. Foster care parents should have every right to take care of their families health as they see fit. to say
I am a registered nurse who has had significant reaction to the flu vac, not once but twice such that I do not get the vac any more. I know other nurses and health care professionals who have had the same reaction and do not get them. my grand daughter is allergic to eggs and dairy, at 6 months she received the flu vac and got horrible eczema that she suffered with for a long time afterwards!! allergies and history of reactions in past need to be taken into account!!!
Their body, Their choice!
As someone who would like to become a foster parent I am terrible discouraged by this new WAC.
please consider the impact of this WAC
It would be totally wrong!
i have never had the flu shot, my child has never had it andainceu husband left the military he has not taken it. We have not had the flu! Seriously we should get to choose if we put that in our bodies. We do not have weakened immune systems and live a healthy and active lifestyle. Rarely get colds or other sicknesses
if this law was implemented it would mean less homes available to foster babies. Alot of loving homes would choose not to get the vaccine
people should have choices and should not be made to get this vaccine or any vaccine if they choose not to and shouldn't have to lose their kids or kids lose their placement.
No flu shot requirement for foster families!
please at least allow a waiver for medical or religious reasons...or only required for homes taking medically fragile children at any age.
These foster families already do so much, and them to have their hands force to get this ineffective & sometimes dangerous flu shot is rediculous! Respect your foster families, and repeal this law!!!
Foster families have such a difficult, yet important job. They should be supported and celebrated, not made to abide yet another trite regulation. Especially one which makes little sense. Our laws would do a better service if they focused on empowering and strengthening families, not create more burdens requiring even more government oversight and intervention.
We need more foster homes, not less!
completely ridiculous how WA state treats foster parents!
I am very concerned about this new WAC as both a foster parent and a social worker. I am very concerned that this will cause us to lose more foster homes and we are already in a placement crisis.
This mandate is the reason we have chosen not get licensed for Foster Care. You can bend over backwards for the government and it's never enough. I'm over it.
I will not be giving my young bio kids the flu shot every year, so if this WAC stays in effect we will sadly be done with fostering.
The state is going to lose many GREAT forter homes requiring this!