🚨This affects YOUR kid's school – lawmakers meet Wednesday, Feb 4 at 9 AM.
🚨This affects YOUR kid's school – lawmakers meet Wednesday, Feb 4 at 9 AM.
NH could repeal all vaccine requirements.
Act now.
The vast majority of American families support the strong laws that keep our families safe from vaccine-preventable disease.
Unfortunately, New Hampshire is poised to become the first state to remove these commonsense protections. Let our lawmakers know: our health isn’t a political game. Oppose HB 1811.
Fill out the form to send a message to lawmakers. We’ve drafted one as a starting place, but highly encourage you to add share why this matters to you personally to make more of an impact.
Read below for more information about how to help stop this dangerous legislation.
HB 1811: At a Glance
The New Hampshire House Committee of Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs meets on Wednesday to advance HB 1811, a bill that would remove all vaccine requirements for kids in our state.
Why it matters: When vaccination rates drop, kids get sick. Babies too young to vaccinate and children fighting cancer depend on the rest of us to stay healthy.
HB 1811: Deeper Dive
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HB 1811 has many impacts that are concerning for New Hampshire families. If it becomes law it would:
Repeal all vaccine requirements for schools and childcare centers, making New Hampshire the first
Schools will no longer be able to track immunizations and know who is most at risk when an outbreak occurs
Public health officials will lose critical outbreak response tools
Children with medical vulnerabilities will be exposed without warning
Measles, pertussis, meningitis, and hepatitis B outbreaks become more likely — and harder to contain
Schools and childcare centers will face closures and disruptions
Parents will miss work
Rural communities with limited healthcare capacity will be hit first and hardest
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To prevent a measles outbreak, 95% of kids need to be vaccinated. New Hampshire already reports rates below that line.
When vaccination rates drop, outbreaks happen. The kids who suffer most are:
Babies too young to get vaccinated
Children with cancer or weak immune systems
Kids whose families thought they were protected by community immunity
Outbreaks also mean:
Schools and daycares close
Parents miss work
Families lose childcare
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Keep it simple and personal:
Say:
Your name and city
You're opposed to HB 1811
You want safe schools for all New Hampshire kids
Thank them for listening
You don't need to:
Be a scientific or medical expert
Write a long message
Use fancy language
Be political
We have a template ready, but your own words will make the biggest impact.
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Yes. Here's what you need to know:
The vast majority of New Hampshire families, like families all over the country, support strong vaccine protections. This includes people across the political spectrum, from conservative to liberal. We all want safe schools and childcare for our kids and babies.
This bill would send the message to families that vaccines are no longer important to keep kids safe and families may start skipping important immunizations.
If that concerns you too, your legislator needs to hear about it.
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If you have 2 minutes:
Contact your legislators using our formIf you have 5 minutes:
Contact your legislators AND submit official written testimony (Hearing date: Feb 4,;Committee: House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs; Bill: 9:00 am HB1811, representing yourself, OPPOSE)If you have 7 minutes:
Contact your legislators, submit written testimony, AND share this page with three friendsIf you can take Wednesday morning:
Join us in Concord at the hearing (9am, Room 158, South Building, 1 Granite Place, Concord, NH 03301). Let us know if you can come.If you have 20 minutes: Email us at info@nhfamiliesforvaccines.org and we’ll help you write a letter to the editor or op-ed about why this matters to so many families.