Twenty-plus years ago, Thomas Frank wrote a book called What’s the Matter With Kansas? in hopes of shedding some light on the new-ish at the time phenomenon of people actively and consistently voting against their own best interests. Obviously that wasn’t brand new — the Reagan era ushered in a whole generation of voters deeply affected by […]
Yes. I have had every recommended childhood vaccine and get annual flu and COVID vaccines. I have never had a TB vaccine, nor been recommended to get one.
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/vaccines/index.html
A TB outbreak in Kansas is of course a massive concern, but relating it to their vaccine exemption law? Did they outlaw TB testing, because that’s something that used to be routinely done for school admission.
I can’t recall our GenA kids needing the weird stabby test I had to take when I was a kid but honestly didn’t even think about it before now.
I’m a millennial and my college required that test prior to enrolling in classes. That was the first time I took the (rather distressing, tbh, maybe they should have to warned me) skin inflatey test.
I just looked and my college still requires that test. So, might just be a regional thing. Grad school in the same state didn’t require the test, so maybe it had to do with staying in the dorms in undergrad?