Parents Ask Court To Bar Publication of Data On Vaccination Rates In Individual Schools

Suit was filed last week in a Connecticut state trial court to prohibit the state Department of Public Health from continuing to post information on vaccination rates in individual schools. The complaint (full text) in Festa v. State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, (CT Super. Ct., filed 6/12/2019), says that publication of the information has led to "hateful and vitriolic statements regarding nonvaccinated students and parents" appearing on the Internet, creating mental and emotional distress to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs are parents of a student in a private school for children with autism and have claimed a religious exemption from vaccination.  Connecticut Mirror reports on the lawsuit.