[1]This is done despite an enormous body of legitimate studies,[7] peer-reviewed work[8] and real-world proof that vaccines lessen the impacts of,[9] and even eliminate,[10] dangerous and deadly diseases.
[11] Nonetheless, this area where chiropractors and vaccines intersect has drawn attention, split the profession,[12] led to misinformation,[13] and been the subject of study.
[14] Although most chiropractic colleges try to teach about vaccination in a manner consistent with scientific evidence, several have faculty who seem to stress negative views.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled in the 1985 case of Hanzel v. Arter that belief in chiropractic ethics did not constitute a religious belief justifying exemption from vaccination under a statute permitting religious exemptions.
[20] In the 2015 case of Head v. Adams Farm Living, Inc., the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a chiropractor was not competent to attest to the need for a medical exemption for vaccination.