Medical
Exemption - A medical exemption from vaccination for the above named individual
is hereby recommended
on the basis of the following specific condition which is a medically
recognized contraindication to the administration
of the required vaccines.
Accepted
by Local Health Officer:
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Signature)(Date)
School Officials:DO NOT file this form in the cumulative
folder. This form MUST be maintained in a separate file and reviewed
periodically to insure validity.
Mississippi State Department Of HealthRevised
04-01Form
No. 122
CERTIFICATE
OF MEDICAL EXEMPTION FORM No.122
PURPOSE
To provide documented
proof that an individual has a medically recognized valid contraindication to
the administration of a specific antigen or vaccine.
INSTRUCTIONS
1.The
form is available through all county health departments
and private physicians' offices in Mississippi. It is
issued to individuals only if here is a medically valid
contraindication to a specific antigen or vaccine.
2.The physician must describe the medical
condition on which
the contraindication is based and indicate the vaccine.
3.List whether the exemption to the antigen or vaccine is
temporary to permanent.
Temporary exemptions must be time-
limited, and the date the
exemption becomes invalid is to be
listed.
4.The physician documenting the medical
exemption must sign and date the form.
OFFICE
MECHANICS AND FILING
The completed and signed form is given
to the client to present
to a school or employer. The County Health Department will
submit a copy of the completed form to:
Immunization Program
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
RETENTION
Schools:
The completed and signed form is to be maintained in a separate file from the
cumulative folder and reviewed periodically to ensure validity.
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
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Past and current Scandals
- columns by Sandy Gottstein (aka Mintz)*
* ►February 8, 2010 - Inovio
Biomedical Cervical Cancer Therapeutic Vaccine Generates Dose-Related
Immune Response in Clinical Trial - Inovio via BusinessWire
via Technology Marketing Corporation - "VGX-3100 is a DNA vaccine
targeting the E6 and E7 proteins of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16
and 18 and is delivered via in vivo electroporation. Similar to
previously reported data from the initial lowest dose cohort of this
phase I trial, the vaccine was found to be generally safe and well
tolerated. While previously reported data showed significant cellular
and humoral immune responses, data from this second, intermediate dose
group highlighted a significantly increased and dose-related immune
response specific to the antigens targeted by the vaccine."..."While
recent HPV preventive vaccines have been successful in protecting
against infections that may lead to cervical cancer, Inovio's
therapeutic vaccine targets the millions of women already infected with
HPV and is intended to treat pre-cancerous cells and cervical cancer
caused by this virus. Current vaccines do not serve this group of
women," Dr. Kim added."
* ►February 6, 2010 - Autism
Findings Retracted
- The New American - "Actress Holly Robinson Peete remembers, 'When my
son was two-and-a-half, he was just recovering from an ear infection
and had been on antibiotics, therefore his immune system was
suppressed. He had already missed several appointments for his
vaccination so his pediatrician wanted to catch him up on all of them
in the same day. Althrough I asked if he’d consider waiting or breaking
up the cocktail, which contains three viruses, he laughed me out of the
office and belittled me. I firmly believe that it took my son to a
place of no return and his body could not handle it. He had a violent
reaction with convulsions and then he stopped talking and slipped into
a silence. He no longer said, 'Hi, Mommy,' he no longer responded to
his name and he no longer made eye contact.”