Mandatory Flu Shots will be required for all New Jersey children entering preschool or licensed day care centers to get the flu shot and three other vaccines before entering school.
Mandatory Flu Shots News
- Google News: Mandatory Flu Shots
- State of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services: DHSS Commissioner Jacobs Approves Amended Immunization Regulations (December 14, 2007)
- CNN.com: Flu Shots Now Mandatory for New Jersey Preschoolers (December 14, 2007)
- "The new requirements "will have a direct impact on reducing illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths in one of New Jersey's most vulnerable populations -- our children," Jacobs said in a statement."
- WTOPnews.com: NJ Requires Flu Shots for Preschoolers (December 14, 2007)
- The Associated Press: NJ Requires Flu Shots for Preschoolers (December 14, 2007)
- West Milford Messenger: Parents Try to Block First-In-Nation Vaccine Mandates (December 13, 2007)
- "Several parents noted that unlike other common vaccines, most of the influenza vaccine available contains mercury, a toxic heavy metal that has been widely blamed by parents as a cause of autism, despite the lack of any such evidence."