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<br /> <br /> <br />Orange County Vaccination Rates High <br />Throughout Schools <br /> <br />By Blake Hodge <br />SHARE THIS: <br />Posted November 6, 2015 at 10:29 am <br /> <br />Outbreaks of preventable diseases across the country in recent months prompted debate over childhood <br />vaccinations. <br />Nearly 150 Americans, most of them Californians, were sickened earlier this year in a measles outbreak <br />that began at Disneyland. <br />California Governor Jerry Brown has now signed legislation that bans non-medical exemptions for <br />parents. <br />In North Carolina, parents can opt out of vaccinating their children through medical or religious <br />exemptions. <br />Orange County health officials released immunization records this week detailing vaccination rates in <br />public and private schools. <br />Judy Butler is the community health services supervisor for the Orange County Health Department, and <br />she says this information was compiled from an annual communicable disease report.