A cadre of anti-vaccination parents at San Geronimo Valley Elementary School have remained steadfast in their medical decisions despite a ten-year high of measles cases across California and one of the top three statewide counts in the nation.
In 2010, the school ranked third in Marin County for rates of unvaccinated kindergarteners, with 19 of 30 children, or 63 percent, receiving personal belief exemptions for measles (MMR) and whooping cough (dTaP) inoculations.
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