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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: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @03:57PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @03:57PM (#1139681)

    if a virus kills 1% of the population, or 0.5% of the population, its not a problem, just let it spread and kill and dont worry, You can sort of tell, they might actually think killing off 1% of the population is a good thing, something they laugh about, more on that later. This is part of the numbers fallacy of their idiotic dumb as rocks base to whom 99% sounds "very very safe, very big number", forgetting this means millions of deaths with high contagion diseases. Would people get on an airline where 99% of passengers survive? The 99% thing shows you are not dealing with very bright people, you are dealing with "big number sounds good, duh" Homer Simpson people.

    They also do web design. Hence dumb shit like "Your browser is used by less than 1%. = NOT SUPPORTED!".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @12:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @12:26AM (#1139896)

    Should put you in a dehydrator.

    MmmmMmmMmm, salted and spicy jerky