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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: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:30PM (2 children)
Eh, the PDF with details seems a bit wonky. I would need to spend a few hours and have access to all the reference papers to make sense of it. Some of their statements seem weird, like referencing today's temperatures and solar activity when calculating the 1850 equilibrium. The idea that previous models didn't account for the solar energy seems to stupid to believe.
"It will be a small, slow, harmless and net-beneficial 1.17 K."
"Bottom line: global warming is not a problem after all. Enjoy the sunshine climatologists forgot about."
So the goalposts have moved from "warming isn't happening" to "its slower than we thought and thus not a problem, in fact it is GOOD!" I question their calculations and understanding of the topic, they use different terms when calculating 1850 vs 2011. Personally I'll wait and see what the actual climate scientists have to say about this but at the moment the empirical evidence of ice loss and record temperatures say these people are wrong to push the "don't worry about it" narrative.
TL:DR they don't pass the sniff test.
PS: TMB if you collect all the referenced articles I will spend the multiple hours going through and doing the math as you request.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:58PM (1 child)
THANK YOU!
Yeah, the journalist is a chucklehead. I just wondered if the math stood up. I'll see if I can find them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @04:58PM
Guess it was just hyperbole.