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Ohio Lawmakers Want to Abolish Vaccine Requirements

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

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:

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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• Re:You shouldn't mandate vaccination Re:You shouldn't mandate vaccination (Score: 2, Insightful) by ChrisMaple on Friday May 28 2021, @03:55PM (2 children)

  by ChrisMaple (6964) on Friday May 28 2021, @03:55PM (#1139680)

  Vaccination is one of those things that only work when everybody does it

  That is demonstrably false, so wrong that it's silly. For many reasons it's best if nearly everybody is vaccinated, but if only some are vaccinated it "works" to protect those people to some degree.

  - like taxes

  It is possible to organize a fee-based society, rather than tax-based. Read "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" for a fictional outline.

  The most obvious reason for taxes is national defense: how do you like having the best reason for your view being the existence of evil invaders?

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• Re:You shouldn't mandate vaccination Re:You shouldn't mandate vaccination (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:35PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @04:35PM (#1139715)

  The most obvious reason for taxes is

  INFLATION there, fixed that for you. And purpose of a progressive income tax is FAIRNESS. You want to tax discretionary income, not one needed to live on.

  https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/033015/what-difference-between-disposable-income-and-discretionary-income.asp [investopedia.com]

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  • Re:You shouldn't mandate vaccination (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @06:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @06:32PM (#1139788)

    There would be no central currency to inflate were there no taxation ;)

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