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posted by janrinok on Wednesday May 08 2019, @04:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the greater-good dept.

foxnews.com/us/states-seek-to-cut-off-religious-exemptions-for-vaccination

Connecticut's Attorney General gave state lawmakers the legal go-ahead Monday to pursue legislation that would prevent parents from exempting their children from vaccinations for religious reasons, a move that several states are considering amid a significant measles outbreak.

The non-binding ruling from William Tong, a Democrat, was released the same day public health officials in neighboring New York called on state legislators there to pass similar legislation . Most of the cases in the current outbreak have been in New York state.

[...] Connecticut is just one of several states considering whether to end longstanding laws that allow people to opt out of vaccinations for religious purposes. In the face of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, some have alleged religious exemptions have been abused by "anti-vaxxers" who believe vaccines are harmful despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

But the proposals to eliminate the opt-outs have also sparked emotional debates about religious freedom and the rights of parents.

Most religions have no prohibitions against vaccinations, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee. Yet the number of people seeking the religious exemption in Connecticut has been consistently climbing. There were 316 issued during the 2003-04 school year, compared to 1,255 in the 2017-18 school year.

[...] All 50 states have laws requiring students to have certain vaccinations. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, all but Mississippi, West Virginia and California grant religious exemptions. As of Jan. 30, the conference said 17 states allowed people to exempt their children for personal, moral or other philosophical beliefs.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @04:57PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @04:57PM (#840875)

    The Vaccine Injury Compensation Board has paid out Billions to families that have been devastated by vaccines... Not entirely "safe".

    The USS Fort McHenry has been quarantined for months due to an outbreak when every member of the military is fully vaccinated and kept up to date. The infection continued to spread even after booster shots were administered... Not entirely "effective".

    Choose for yourself. Risk subscribing to vaccinations and a lifetime of booster shots every few years for the hope of possible partial immunity or get the measles as a kid and enjoy real lifetime immunity.

    My body. My choice.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:03PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:03PM (#840881) Journal

    Would you have the same opinion about Polio?

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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:12PM (1 child)

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:12PM (#840969)

      Polio != Tetanus != Measles != Rotovirus != HPV etc. etc. etc.

      There should be unbiased information on each, and a right to choose. This binary society "in or out" "vaccinated or not" "R or D" "paper or plastic" is really frustrating.

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      • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:45PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:45PM (#840983)

        Agreed. Unbiased information and honesty would lead to informed choices, but instead what do we get from the medical community but cover-ups after lies after more cover-ups. Silencing of dissenters, hysteria and censorship means NO TRUST. So the state resorts to brute force? Fuck that! No fascist vaccinator will get near my family. Ever.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:18PM (#840891)

    How will you die of cancer if you don't let these agents of death shoot you up with it? How will your kids get cancer when they are so young? How will they be brain-damaged so they can't be too independent and represent a threat to the government? Just take your shot, slave!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:28PM (#840896)

    MV Freewinds

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:50PM (#840906)

    Or get measles as a kid and get permanently impaired vision or blindness, or get pneumonia or encephalitis. The only thing vaccines are likely to cause are adults.

  • (Score: 2) by NewNic on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:54PM

    by NewNic (6420) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:54PM (#840911) Journal

    An outbreak of mumps (probably, it's not certain).

    The mumps vaccine is only 88% effective after the normal two doses.

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday May 08 2019, @06:00PM (2 children)

    by Immerman (3985) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @06:00PM (#840915)

    And where is your evidence that the actual disease confers substantially greater immunity than vaccines? Much less lifetime immunity, which is virtually unheard of for any disease.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:28PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:28PM (#840975)

      Do you have any evidence anyone ever got the measels twice?

      • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday May 09 2019, @02:14AM

        by deimtee (3272) on Thursday May 09 2019, @02:14AM (#841147) Journal

        That would be difficult to prove either way. It is such an article of faith that I have heard of doctors claiming that if the current disease is measles, the earlier disease must have been mis-diagnosed.

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