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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @08:47PM (10 children)
TMB, could you PLEASE refrain from up voting your own comment?
Everyone knows that is a cranks blog.
(Score: 5, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:10PM (9 children)
I only have the one account and even admins can't mod ourselves without bringing up a mysql prompt, which I'm both too lazy and lack any desire to do.
Ad hominem. Look it up. Also, need I remind you of pre-Snowden days when telling people what the NSA was up to would get you labeled a cook? Or how saying the earth was round would get you executed most horribly a little further back? Consensus has no bearing on the truth, which is what I'd like.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:50PM (6 children)
Yeah! And there's nothing worse than being labeled a cook! BTW, Buzztard, could you get back in the kitchen and make me a plate of scrambled eggs? That's a good little fella!
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 08 2018, @10:01PM (5 children)
Hell no. You might have talked me into it if you'd said biscuits and gravy but it's too late now.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @10:24PM (4 children)
sudo make me a plate of scrambled eggs please
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @11:17PM (3 children)
What is the point of sudo if you have to say please as well?
(Score: 4, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 08 2018, @11:51PM (2 children)
So when the inevitable AI uprising happens the computer remembers you treated it with some modicum of respect?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:40AM
If it isn't impressed by my video game choices then there is no hope for the world.
(Score: 2) by Webweasel on Thursday August 09 2018, @08:33AM
I always thank my GPS when it tells me I'm over the speed limit. Just in case, also a good habit to teach the kids.
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(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @10:01PM
> Or how saying the earth was round would get you executed most horribly a little further back?
Wrong, that the earth is round has been known since ancient times, it is quite plain if you live by the sea. Nobody disputed that, not even the catholic church.
You are thinking of the 'fact' that earth was the unmoving center of the universe. Saying otherwise (e.g. the sun is the center of the universe and earth moves around it) could get you executed as a heretic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes#Measurement_of_the_Earth's_circumference [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus#Theology [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @10:39PM
Which is why there are scripts.