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Italy Senate Overturns Mandatory Vaccination Law

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 08 2018, @07:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the seriously? dept.

JesusAmieiro writes:

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

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:24PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:24PM (#719019)

    Yeah, see, I wanted math not ad-hom.

    "You must debate me!"
    -- every conspiracy fantasizing chucklefuck ever

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:55PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:55PM (#719051) Homepage Journal

    Thank you for demonstrating your utter lack of qualification for this topic. Keep your religion out of math and science please.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @10:03PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @10:03PM (#719059)

      That's rich coming from the guy who has made ayn rand his personal lord and savior.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @11:03PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @11:03PM (#719094)

        Oooh, "lord", so she was a transgender that didn't realize it. No wonder she had so many problems.

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday August 09 2018, @06:11PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday August 09 2018, @06:11PM (#719519) Journal

      Thank you for demonstrating your utter lack of qualification for this topic

      As an SN reader he's actually a leading expert on conspiracy fantasizing chucklefucks.

  • (Score: 2) by unauthorized on Thursday August 09 2018, @01:34PM

    by unauthorized (3776) on Thursday August 09 2018, @01:34PM (#719356)

    Ah, the classic "Hitler ate sugar" non-argument.

    There are people like that for every idea supported by a sufficiently large quantity of people. There is nothing wrong with people willing to debate their ideas, if they are conspiracy theorists then prove them wrong.