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WEBVTT <I WAS VERY PRO VACCINE AT SOME POINT AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY WOULD GET A VACCINATION. NOW HERE I AM WITH 5 KIDS AND THEY'RE NOT VACCINATED.> Shana Burke used to work in a medical office - giving vaccines to children. But now after doing her own research she says she will NEVER vaccinate her kids. <VACCINE MANUFACTURER S HAVE NO LIABILITY. NEITHER DOES THE DOCTOR OR THE NURSE ADMINISTERING THAT VACCINE. MY CHILD GETS THAT VACCINE. MY CHILD GOES INTO A SEIZURE AND DOESN'T COME OUT OF IT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. I AM THE ONE WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT.> She supports Senate File 239 ... A bill that says parents can opt out of vaccinating their children who attend school . because it conflicts with their philosophical beliefs. There's no need for a medical or religious exemption. <ALLOW OTH PEOPLE THAT OPTION TO NOT VACCINE IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO.> Senator Dennis Guth says giving parents the choice is important - and that's why he introduced the bill. But doctors say that choice could endanger so many people. <IT'S A HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT.> A pediatric ER physician - Dr. Douglas Selover says there is so much misinformation about vaccines. And the bottom line is - they are the best way of preventing illnesses worldwide . <PARENTS DON'T REALLIZE THAT 50 YEARS AGO PARENT WOULD HAVE KILLED A POLIO VACCINE FOR THEIR CHILD WHEN KIDS WERE DYING FROM POLIO. NOW PARENTS DON'T WANT THE VACCINE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE A FEVER.> If the bill becomes law -

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A new bill introduced at the statehouse would enable parents to not vaccinate their children without needing a medical or religious exemption. Senate File 239 says parents can opt out of vaccinating their children who attend school because it conflicts with their philosophical beliefs.Republican Sen. Dennis Guth is behind the bill.“Allow other people that option to not vaccine if they choose not to,” Guth said.Guth said giving parents the option not to vaccinate their children is important, but doctors believe that choice could endanger the lives of others.“It's a huge public safety threat,” said Dr. Douglas Selover, a pediatric emergency room physician at Mercy One.Selover said there is widespread misinformation about vaccines and that the bottom line is they are the best way of preventing illnesses worldwide.“Parents don't realize that 50 years ago, a parent would have killed for a polio vaccine for their child when kids were dying from polio,” he said. “Now, parents don't want the vaccine because they might have a fever.”Shana Burke, with Informed Choice Iowa, used to work in a medical office giving vaccines to children. After doing her own research, she now says she will never vaccinate her five children. “Vaccine manufacturers have no liability,” Burke said. “Neither does the doctor or the nurse administering that vaccine. (If) my child gets that vaccine, my child goes into a seizure and doesn't come out of it for the rest of their life, I am the one who has to deal with that.”If Senate File 239 becomes law, any parent who submits a form is exempt from having their children vaccinated.Selover said that if the rate of unvaccinated people goes up, so will the rate of dangerous infectious diseases.