1.  Look at the interactive map.  How many cases of measles were in S.D. as of January, 2015?     13

2.  How many cases were in California?             How about Ohio?
77                                                                            382
3.  What about the world in 2014?                       How about 2015 so far?
122,061                                                                   495
How many states currently allow for religious exemptions from vaccinations.
48
4.  Read the story of Tammy Hill and measles.  Write 4 sentences explaining your thoughts.
I think that if anyone that goes into a hospital with measles should not be allowed out until they are cured. Tammy did not do anything to deserve this. I don’t know if it is because the quarantine procedures were not done right, but they need to be. They need to be done right so people like Tammy do not have to suffer through life like that.


5.  What are the two legal exemptions to the measles vaccine for students in South Dakota?

      a. Certification from a doctor that the immunization would affect the child’s health.
      b. A document showing that the child belongs to a religious doctrine that is against immunization.

6.  Is measles an airborne virus?

Yes

7.  List the "7 vaccine myths debunked by Doctors article."
1. Its ok to delay vaccines and let your kid’s immune system mature.

2. Foreigners are bringing measles into the U.S.

3. More people die from the vaccine than from measles.

4. Existence of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program proves vaccines are harmful.

5. People who are vaccinated have can spread measles.

6. Vaccination is a political debate.

7. Vaccines cause autism.
8.  Read South Dakota's current law on vaccinations.  In a minimum of 200 words do you support the law as is?  If not, how would you change/amend the current law.  What would it say?  As a parent will you vaccinate your children accordingly?

            I really think that the law South Dakota has set up is a good law. I agree with vaccines because they help keep us away from nasty diseases that are life-threatening. When I get married and have kids, then send them to school, I would like to know that they are not going to get a serious illness and spread it to me at home. I believe that every state should require people to vaccinate as well, because then we would not be dealing with the problems that we are now. A lot of people disagree with immunization because they think it causes autism and stuff like that. I am not a scientist, so I do not know that much about the human body, but I do not see how a shot can change someone’s genetics. So in the big picture, I believe that everyone should get vaccinated. It could make a safer environment for everybody as a whole. I think that the people that do not get vaccinated should have to live somewhere with other un-immunized people. Wait, maybe that is a little extreme, but I think that everyone should get vaccinated.