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posted by mrpg on Friday May 28 2021, @11:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

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."

Also: Ohio GOP lawmakers, citing 'need to protect' from vaccines, seek to expand exemptions, nix COVID passports


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @03:39PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @03:39PM (#1139671)

    Let's list, shall we, the kind of people with "undesirable" traits conservatives would like to weed out of society:

    Blacks;
    Hispanics;
    Non-english-speakers;
    Muslims;
    Atheists;
    Gays;
    Non-binary gendered;
    Non-submissive women;
    Liberals;
    Etc.

    In other words: Anyone that is not an english speaking, strait, christian, conservative white male, or submissive female.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:19PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:19PM (#1139701)

    Republicans will gain millions of votes from Blacks and Hispanics over the next decade.

    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday May 28 2021, @07:06PM (1 child)

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 28 2021, @07:06PM (#1139800)

      Republicans will gain millions of votes from Blacks and Hispanics over the next decade.

      Heh. Except Republicans are trying to outlaw that.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @02:31AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @02:31AM (#1139918)

        Maybe that is the long game. If they say they will vote Republican, maybe Republicans will allow them to vote.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:23PM (#1139705)

    it's almost as if two different groups of people can be bad at the same time!

  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by epitaxial on Friday May 28 2021, @06:29PM

    by epitaxial (3165) on Friday May 28 2021, @06:29PM (#1139786)

    Damn you aren't wrong. Too many black people voted in Georgia and look at the laws the republicans pushed through to prevent it from happening.