California’s new school vaccination law doesn’t take effect until July 1st. But immunization rates are already showing significant increases. They’re up in 46 of the 58 counties for incoming kindergartners last fall, according to the State Department of Public Health. That includes Nevada County, with a 4 and a half percent increase, to 77-point-1 percent. But that’s still the second-lowest in the state, although we had the lowest a year ago. The law will ban personal belief exemptions, unless the student has a verified medical condition that would be adversely affected by the shots. The health coordinator for the Nevada County Office of Education, Sharon Turner, says she expects their rate to continue to climb, but knows there will continue to be a lot of resistance from some local parents…

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State health officials say the vaccination rate needs to be 92-percent, to prevent disease outbreaks, which is also the current statewide rate…

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More than a-third of counties still haven’t hit 90-percent. Turner says Nevada County has an Immunity Task Force that works with the schools to educate parents about the value of vaccinations and the new law.