Sorry, Jenny McCarthy, but San Francisco likes their students vaccinated. On Thursday, an estimated 2,000 city students "who still lacked proof of a whooping cough vaccination one month into the school year" were banned from classroom until they got the shot. According to the Chronicle, a new law asks that all kids in grades seven through 12 in both public and private schools be vaccinated this year, "but districts struggling to get families to comply asked for and received a 30-day extension."
Before the start of the school year yesterday, students lined up outside their schools to get the shot before entering.
"It hurt more to get my tongue (pierced)," said John O'Connell High School senior Joseph Chavez.
Around 9,000 cases of whooping cough in California were reported last year, "including 10 infant deaths, according to the state Department of Public Health."
