Oregon nears ‘Exclusion Day’ as vaccine opt-out rates hit record high. I’m confused. Why would any parent not want to protect their child from contracting a disease that could be stopped in its tracks by gettin’ vaccinated? 10% of parents don’t want their kindergarteners to get shots, and that earns Oregon the 3rd highest opt-out state in the nation. As far as I’m concerned, this shameful statistic is one more accolade you can lay on the Democrats’ doorstep. Thanks to commonsense parents like mine, measles, mumps, and smallpox vaccinations were the norm for my generation, who’ll probably live longer than the Exclusion Day crowd.