It's an interesting development in Hildesheim (about 30 minutes south of Hanover, in the north of Germany). They had a measles outbreak in the local school.
Local authorities reviewed everything, and then said.....there's 107 kids, teachers, and employees of the school who can't show a vaccination. So rather than risk any more issues....they are forbidden from school until the 22nd of March (roughly 10 days from now).
NDR (regional public TV from the region) carried the bulk of the story.
Missed work? Well....they've told teachers to hand out homework assignments and some kind of exams will be given for the missed period.
But this is a continuing trend now, with kids and adults having gotten around the measles vaccination business. No one gives the national statistics on this, but I would take a guess that at least 10-percent of German kids now exist without the vaccination. My general prediction is that as each 'season' comes into effect.....more of these forbidden entry episodes will occur, and most of the non-vaccinated kids will get two to three weeks of non-school each year.
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