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posted by chromas on Monday June 17 2019, @01:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the multivac dept.

Anti-Vaxxers Defeated: NY Bans Exemptions as Doctors Vote to Step up Fight:

Anti-vaccine advocates received a blow in New York Thursday as state lawmakers banned non-medical exemptions based on religious beliefsā€”and there may be more blows coming.

Also on Thursday, the American Medical Association adopted a new policy to step up its fight against such non-medical exemptions. The AMA, the country's largest physicians' group and one of the largest spenders on lobbying, has always strongly support pediatric vaccination and opposed non-medical exemptions. But under the new policy changes, the association will now "actively advocate" for states to eliminate any laws that allow for non-medical exemptions.

"As evident from the measles outbreaks currently impacting communities in several states, when individuals are not immunized as a matter of personal preference or misinformation, they put themselves and others at risk of disease," AMA Board Member E. Scott Ferguson, M.D. said in a statement. "The AMA strongly supports efforts to eliminate non-medical exemptions from immunization, and we will continue to actively urge policymakers to do so."

The religious exemption ban in New York comes at a critical time. The state is at the forefront of a nationwide resurgence of measles, with active outbreaks that have sickened hundreds and splintered into other states.

"This administration has taken aggressive action to contain the measles outbreak, but given its scale, additional steps are needed to end this public health crisis," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement after signing the ban on religious exemptions. "While I understand and respect freedom of religion, our first job is to protect the public health, and by signing this measure into law, we will help prevent further transmissions and stop this outbreak right in its tracks."

Sudden outbreak of common sense?


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Username on Monday June 17 2019, @08:03AM (4 children)

    by Username (4557) on Monday June 17 2019, @08:03AM (#856530)

    My understanding of the "married to the CEO life" women are so attracted to, is that they don't have to do anything but go on vacation. Their nannys and maids take care of the children. And since nannys take care of the ceo's children that makes them also the ceos wives, and he gets to have sex with them as well. So we now have multiple people who aren't vaccinated their children.

    Personally, I think it is because the ultrarich live in their own little gated world that is free from disease, and if you live in a bubble you cannot contact disease. Vaccines are for the heard of sheep they control.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Monday June 17 2019, @12:03PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday June 17 2019, @12:03PM (#856588)

    There's also the factor that in the rare circumstance that anybody does get sick, they can afford the finest care to recover. IMO this is a big factor in western anti-vax thinking: vaccines are economical disease control, for poor countries who need to take the up-front hit from side effects because getting the disease is just too costly for them to deal with.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 18 2019, @04:39PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 18 2019, @04:39PM (#857058)

      Getting sick gives them something to do. It's a lifestyle choice... boredom, excess, depression, hooray... an illness. Now I have a purpose in life! (optional: donate $100m to USC to build a shiny with your name on it). Repeat.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday June 18 2019, @01:38AM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday June 18 2019, @01:38AM (#856866)

    ...heard of sheep...

    Of course I've heard of sheep. Heard of chickens?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 18 2019, @06:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 18 2019, @06:27PM (#857112)

      So, what's a henway?