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: 2) by looorg on Friday May 28 2021, @04:22PM (2 children)
This the same state that had a covid vaccination lottery that handed out a million bucks to some lucky person (x5) that got the shot? I guess one part of the local government isn't in sync with the other, which is quite common and sad.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-give-people-million-covid-19-vaccine-lottery/story?id=77656133 [go.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ElizabethGreene on Friday May 28 2021, @04:52PM
You're conflating incentivized voluntary behavior with involuntary behavior. There is a significant difference. You can weasel around it by saying the incentive is not going to jail, being forcefully vaccinated, or reeducated, but that's weaseling.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @08:07PM
What has gone wrong with America today? Do you really and genuinely not see how this is not in the least inconsistent?
There is a difference between thinking something is good and thinking people should be *forced* to do it. Trying to persuade people to do something is one thing. Forcing them to do it is another.