Michigan Doctor Launches Campaign to Drop Mi Child Vaccination Opt-Out

A Michigan doctor wants to eliminate the state’s child vaccination waivers for religious and philosophical reasons and she’s making it easier for others to join in her effort.

Grand Rapids-area doctor, Michelle Davis, launched the website Mivaccinations.org that gives people a simple way to email state lawmakers saying they don’t like Michigan’s immunization opt-out.

Davis says it’s important to tell legislators and parents that allowing waivers is dangerous and puts the public at risk for some preventable diseases.

She says she launched the website after learning some schools only have a 90 percent vaccination rate.

Michigan is among the few states that allow parents to opt-out of vaccines for children attending schools or daycares.