95% of Oregon anti-vaxxers print their OWN exemption certificate from the state ...

About 95 percent of Oregon anti-vaxx parents print their own exemption certificate from the state government website.

Oregon is one of 17 US states that allows exemptions for religious, philosophical and/or personal beliefs. 

Of the 31,500 non-medical vaccine exemptions filed in 2018, about 30,000 were done from parents who watched an online education module and printed a certificate of completion, reported Kaiser Health News.

Not even 2,000 parents partook in the second option, which is to talk to a healthcare provide and have him or her sign a vaccine education form.

Of the 31,500 non-medical vaccine exemptions filed in Oregon in 2018, about 30,000 were from parents who watched an online module and printed their own certificate of completion. Pictured: The beginning of Oregon Health Authority's online education module

Of the 31,500 non-medical vaccine exemptions filed in Oregon in 2018, about 30,000 were from parents who watched an online module and printed their own certificate of completion. Pictured: The beginning of Oregon Health Authority's online education module 

In Oregon, nearly eight percent of children were exempt from getting vaccines required for kindergarten for the 2017-18 school year. 

Dr Saad Omer, a professor of global health, epidemiology, and pediatrics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, told Kaiser Health that it's plain to see why anti-vaxx parents were choosing the online module: it's easier.

However, he says he's worried because unvaccinated children can become infected with - and spread - communicable diseases like measles. 

On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 387 cases have been confirmed this year, surpassing the count for all of 2018, which was 372.

The 2019 tally is the

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