Re: Friend in NJ needs quarantine info and help!

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From what I understand, during an outbreak of something you waived

vaccination on, you are not allowed in school until the outbreak is

past--for your child's protection as well as others to prevent the spread.

It should be in the papers received with the waivers as well as in the

state health dept info (and most likely the school or childcare licensing as

well)

Bonnie, mom to 11/27/04, Autism, Albinism, Hyperlexia, waiting for

testing for WS

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:31 PM, purpledragonmama05 <sierra.ansley@...

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> Actually, a friend of a friend. She lives in New Jersey. Her baby is

> very sick and in the hospital, possibly with pertussis. The baby is not

> vaxed (they have a medical waiver, the mom has extremely severe asthma and

> allergies). The mom and the baby are quarantined together in the hospital

> while it is determined if it is pertussis or not (first test came back

> negative, I think it was a swab, now they are testing for antibodies).

> Anyway, the mom is stuck in the hospital without access to a computer. She

> needs to know what rights her family has in regards to quarantine. She has 3

> older children, two of whom are in school, and I think those kids are going

> to be barred from going to school if the baby has pertussis? Not sure if the

> older kids are vaxed. Also, I am betting that this family is catching hell

> in regards to the vaxing decision.

>

> Does anyone know of an advocate or organization who might be able to help,

> or website with info that I could read her over the phone or anything? No

> one in her family is on the autism spectrum, so she has no connections with

> that community.

>

> -Sierra

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