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Ohio lawmakers want to abolish vaccine requirements:
[...] Lawmakers are working on legislation to call off the lottery immediately. They're also trying to head off any plans for "vaccine passports." And last month, they introduced a sweeping antivaccination bill that would essentially demolish public health and vaccination requirements in the state—and not just requirements for COVID-19 vaccines, requirements for any vaccine.
[...] State Rep. Beth Liston (D-Dublin) blasted the bill, telling The Columbus Dispatch, "Not only would it prevent schools, businesses and communities from putting safety measures in pace related to COVID, it will impact the health of our children... This bill applies to all vaccines—polio, measles, meningitis, etc. If it becomes law we will see worsening measles outbreaks, meningitis in the dorms, and children once again suffering from polio."
[...] "At its core, this proposal would destroy our current public health framework that prevents outbreaks of potentially lethal diseases, threatens the stability of our economy as it recovers from a devastating pandemic and jeopardizes the way we live, learn, work and celebrate life," the letter said.
[...] "HB 248 would put all Ohioans at risk while increasing the cost of health care for families, individuals and businesses," spokesperson Dan Williamson said. "This proposal applies to all immunizations, including childhood vaccines. If passed, this legislation could reverse decades of immunity from life-threatening, but vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, hepatitis, meningitis and tuberculosis."
(Score: 0, Insightful) by EJ on Friday May 28 2021, @02:39PM (12 children)
It's not just the Republican party. Both sides have gone batshit insane. There is a method to their madness, though. They are playing both sides against the middle. The left and the right don't want unity. They don't want us to come together because then they lose their control over us.
If either side becomes more moderate, then the majority might realize that the vocal minority of both parties are the real problem, and the rest of us have much more in common than the news media would like you to believe.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday May 28 2021, @04:02PM (11 children)
There is no "both sides". The DNC/GOP is a power sharing coalition, working together to keep the competition out. The "opposition" is theater. They are very successful, receiving 98% of the vote every time. Xi, in China, only got 75% of the vote
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Friday May 28 2021, @04:20PM (6 children)
For reasons I don't understand I can't mod parent up, but they've got a very sharp point worth considering.
OOF!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @05:39PM (5 children)
Uh... never mind Fusty. He is forever and always trying to incite a class war. It's his shtick. It's the same sharp point over and over and over. His world is monochrome.
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He'll never tell you why its wrong, or what else might be better - only that you should hate it.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday May 28 2021, @06:42PM (4 children)
Vive la révolution!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @04:35AM (3 children)
High RPM, yes.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday May 29 2021, @04:57AM (2 children)
331/3
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @05:05AM (1 child)
Raise you to 45, better tone dynamics.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @06:50AM
Ah who can forget the raspy tones of 45.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:47PM (2 children)
I know right? It's the pits. Happy to hear your alternative, better form of self-governance.
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Sunday May 30 2021, @03:20AM (1 child)
I have a strong libertarian bent. With that as background, my slipshod understanding of history leads me to believe that Humans aren't good enough people to thrive under either pure libertarianism or communism.
Representative Democracy isn't much better at compensating for human fallibility, but it's the best we've found so far.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 30 2021, @11:06AM
Real pity it doesn't exist in the US then.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Saturday May 29 2021, @02:23AM