I agree with Momof4 ... it is important to know who is vaxed and who is a non vaxer within your program so that if you are ever 'exposed' to something while out at a playgroup and so forth you can take the proper steps to notify your clients and ensure that you are following the Public Health guidelines around exclusion with that client!

So for example I remember reading a few years back there was an outbreak of Mumps I believe it was in a school community because of the combination of people who had either not been vaxed at all or the number of people who had not kept up with the 'booster' and it started spreading like wild fire and so to get it under control those who had been exposed and were not up to date with vax had to be quarantined at home until the 'incubation' period had passed with no new cases reported in the schools, daycares, hospitals and so forth.

So in a situation like that we would need to know who was NOT up to date with vaccination so we are not unknowingly taking them out and about in the community through our programs putting pregnant mamas at risk and so forth.


I also get the desire to have those who do vax do it on a Friday or to require an 24-48 hour exclusion after vaxing where they are home for observation because there CAN be deadly allergic reactions to vaccines and I would not want one of those to happen in MY CARE ... so that policy is not only to protect myself but to protect other children from having to ever SEE something like that occur to a peer

I totally GET that to vax or not is a VERY personal choice .... however because it is a choice that could negatively impact ANOTHER we need to be careful ... there are new born babes and pregnant mamas out in our communities who could have deadly consequences if any of these major diseases are brought BACK due to lack of immunized population growing again ... IMO we need to make sure we take precautions to protect those people from our choices too ... this is why the public health keeps records of who is immunized and who is not in schools and daycares and so forth so that in an 'outbreak' they can quickly contain it!