It's up to the parents to decide that stuff for the kid (for better or worse). I had to get all kinda shots as a kid to be allowed (such a privilege!) into the public school system, and don't recall it ever being optional. Guess things have changed since way back when. Anyway, I don't support mandatory vaccinations, and don't buy the BS the pro-vaxxers dish out....if their kid is vaccinated, and the neighbors kid ain't, that somehow threatens their kid. That said, I also don't buy the anti-vaxxer BS, that vaccines cause autism or whatever. For me its just a matter of choice, and keeping the damn government from going over the edge into full blown red commie mode. I do draw the line at them that refuse any/all medical treatment in favor of 'laying on the hands' christianoid faith-healing BS. If your kid has pneumonia, severed vein, or whatever, it's your responsibility to get thy silly arse to the ER!