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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 beliefs—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?
(Score: 4, Informative) by NotSanguine on Monday June 17 2019, @05:50PM (3 children)
Who is being forced to take medicine?
No one. There aren't shadowy men in black coming to people's houses, holding children down, and injecting them.
The law in New York requires that *in order to attend school* parent's must either show proof of vaccinations or a valid exemption.
This has been the law for more than 45 years, and no one has *ever* been vaccinated against their will.
The change in the law that's the subject of TFA invalidates so-called "religious exemptions."
That doesn't mean anyone is forced to vaccinate, it means that if you want your child to attend school with tens, hundreds or even thousands of other students, teachers and staff, they must be vaccinated or have a valid *medical* exemption.
If parents don't want to vaccinate their children, they do not have to do so. But they'll likely need to home-school their kids unless their is a valid *medical* (of which there are a bunch) reason not to vaccinate.
Measles is highly contagious and can cause serious complications and even death. Even so, no one is being *forced* to do anything.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 18 2019, @04:33PM
That's what they want you to believe. What about the things they won't tell you? Hm? The homosexual agenda, piercings, the End Times. That's why I watch Fox News.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 18 2019, @06:12PM (1 child)
yeah, and i'm sure new york has true home school freedom. those nazi fucks probably make the parents register and get inspected and shit. fuck new york.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday June 18 2019, @06:26PM
Actually, I had no idea what the requirements are for home schooling in NY. So I checked it out, and here they are:
https://www.homeschoolfacts.com/state-laws/new-york-homeschool-state-laws.html [homeschoolfacts.com]
Oh, and you're welcome.
I imagine that many New Yorkers would welcome your tiny penis, as most folks are very nice. Good luck with that.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr