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An amendment from Italy's anti-establishment government that removes mandatory vaccination for schoolchildren is sending shock waves through the country's scientific and medical community.
It suspends for a year a law that requires parents to provide proof of 10 routine vaccinations when enrolling their children in nurseries or preschools. The amendment was approved by Italy's upper house of parliament on Friday by 148 to 110 votes and still has to pass the lower house.
The law had originally been introduced by the Democratic Party in July 2017 amid an ongoing outbreak of measles that saw 5,004 cases reported in 2017 -- the second-highest figure in Europe after Romania -- according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Italy accounted for 34% of all measles cases reported by countries in the European Economic Area, the center said.
Italy's Five Star movement and its coalition partner, the far-right League, both voiced their opposition to compulsory vaccinations, claiming they discourage school inclusion.
English Language Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/07/health/italy-anti-vaccine-law-measles-intl/index.html
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday August 08 2018, @08:18PM (3 children)
They called it the Black Death, we call it Plague. MUCH MORE SERIOUS than Measles. But, dumb doctors want little babies to get Measles vaccine. Not Plague vaccine. Why??
(Score: 3, Touché) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:22PM (1 child)
Because it's easily treated with antibiotics. Sucks to have gotten the plague before that decaying orange was spotted by a sharp-eyed nurse.
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(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Thursday August 09 2018, @04:27PM
Not only that, but you can't get a vaccine that cures a bacterium and you can't cure any virus with antibiotics. (not including engineered viruses that deliver dosed antibiotics...)
MDC is correct, but I do wish other people somehow remember this.
In other news, antibiotic overuse is a real problem--and simply using it on the wrong things is just as bad. Getting vaccines that don't work are not going to cause the same problems.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:53PM
Let's say you forgot to pull out in time and Ivanka got pregnant. Would you want your son/grandson to get measles?