Public/Non-public Schools Kindergarten Through 12th Grade(Children entering, attending, or transferring to Florida schools)
- Four or five doses of DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis)
- Four or five doses of IPV (Polio vaccine)
- Two doses of MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella)
- Three doses of Hep B (Hepatitis B)
- One Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)
- Two doses of Varicella (kindergarten effective with 2008–2009 school year, then an additional grade is added each year thereafter). Varicella vaccine is not required if there is a history of varicella disease documented by the health care provider.
http://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/immunization/children-and-adolescents/school-immunization-requirements/index.htmlHow do students feel about the possibility of including the HPV vaccine as a requirement for school? What are the pros and cons?
Students who are sexually active see it as beneficial because HPV is a highly common sexually transmitted disease. One issue with it is that it only protects against certain strains of the virus, and NOT the strain that causes genital warts. This means that you're largely unprotected by many virulent strains of the virus even if your are vaccinated.
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