Richard Jaffe, Esq.

I have head that as many as 200 families have received a letter from the San Diego School District informing them that their childrens’ vaccine exemption information has been subpoenaed by the Medical Board. I have also heard that the multiple physicians who have written these exemptions (and they are not just located in San Diego County) have been flooded with calls from these families. Here is what is going on and what you can do about it My guess…

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Based on documents received in response to a public records requests, we are seeking to bring into the lawsuit Robert Schechter MD, who is the Chief of the Clinical Policy and Support Section of the Department of Health’s immunization branch. The documents reveal that his department is receiving privacy protected medical exemption information, and is providing legal/medical advice to schools about the validity of medical exemptions. The new complaint traces these actions back to a pilot program initiated by the…

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It was pointed out that the language in (2) does not require vaccination by the Fall 2020 as I perhaps misstated in my prior post. I think they are right and I was wrong, mostly, but frankly, I am still not sure. Let’s start with the language: “(2) Commencing January 1, 2020, a child who has a medical exemption issued before January 1, 2020, shall be allowed continued enrollment to any public or private elementary or secondary school, child care…

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