In the latest episode of "South Park," the incorrigible Eric Cartman faces expulsion from school because he doesn't want to get stuck by the needle that delivers a required vaccine. To get around the rule, he claims a religious exemption.
The caustic cartoon lampoons the anti-vaccination movement as pitched battles are being waged in courtrooms and on courthouse steps. With schools back in session, students are finding themselves in Cartman's position due to immunization requirements.
Hundreds of people in western New York recently showed up to what organizers called a religious freedom rally to oppose the state's elimination of religious exemptions from school immunization requirements.
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