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Chicken pox outbreak causes unvaccinated students to miss class for 7 weeks
6:00 PM, Mar 22, 2012
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --This is the time of year when chicken pox makes the rounds in schools, and it is back.
Since 2007, Maine has mandated children in school get vaccinated for the virus that causes chicken pox or be able to prove that their child has had the disease.
Parents can opt their children out if they have a medical, religious or philosophical reason they do not want their kids vaccinated. But if they do, they also must sign a waiver stating they understand if someone at their child's school gets the chicken pox, their kids will have to stay home for 16 days. And if someone else at school gets it in the meantime, the clock starts all over.
In rare cases, kids can be out of school for weeks and weeks. That's what's happened to 2 of the kids of our own sports anchor Lee Goldberg and his wife, Karen...
Chicken pox outbreak causes unvaccinated students to miss class for 7 weeks
6:00 PM, Mar 22, 2012
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --This is the time of year when chicken pox makes the rounds in schools, and it is back.
Since 2007, Maine has mandated children in school get vaccinated for the virus that causes chicken pox or be able to prove that their child has had the disease.
Parents can opt their children out if they have a medical, religious or philosophical reason they do not want their kids vaccinated. But if they do, they also must sign a waiver stating they understand if someone at their child's school gets the chicken pox, their kids will have to stay home for 16 days. And if someone else at school gets it in the meantime, the clock starts all over.
In rare cases, kids can be out of school for weeks and weeks. That's what's happened to 2 of the kids of our own sports anchor Lee Goldberg and his wife, Karen...