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lso grant exemptions for medical reasons. In addition, nearly all states also allow exemptions for religious beliefs, while 19 grant waivers for personal beliefs.

The study found that in these latter states an increasing number of parents have been opting out of vaccination in recent years. On an average, the rate of non-medical exemptions grew by 6 percent per year between 1991 and 2004.

Salmon reported that parents usually claim such exemptions on the grounds of concerns about vaccine safety. His earlier studies have shown that 69 percent of those parents who sought exemptions did so because they feared vaccination did more harm than the diseases it prevents.

These concerns mostly stem from proposed link between the MMR vaccine and autism, a link which has now been refuted by several international studies.

Salmon and his colleagues argue that states should have "administrative controls" that make non-medical exemptions more difficult to obtain. This, Salmon said, could look something like the process of becoming a conscientious objector to the draft.

He explained that the government would either have to demonstrate an "overwhelming need" for universal vaccination or grant the exemption.
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