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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: 3, Insightful) by crafoo on Friday May 28 2021, @06:26PM (1 child)

    by crafoo (6639) on Friday May 28 2021, @06:26PM (#1139784)

    You should look into where the left and right terms come from: hint France. revolutionaries and reactionaries.

    Anyway, it doesn't matter and it's an inaccurate and broken mental model of the real politics. It all comes down to core values: Freedom, Stability, Equality. Each comes at the expense of the other two. Problems arise when one of these groups tries to force everyone else to live according to their core values. In a democracy with universal voting, they have the ability to do this once they have the majority. It's also worth mentioning that any one of these values taken to the extreme produces some pretty absurdly unrealistic and barbaric realities as their fanatics murder their way towards their "utopia".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @09:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 28 2021, @09:53PM (#1139855)

    Equality isn't a great word, but we're sort of stuck with it for now. Justice would be more accurate. The fact that conservatives act like trying to address systemic racism in our governing bodies is some extremist idea really shows how far y'all have to evolve. While your point is interesting, it lacks a lot of context. Maximum freedom results in loss of freedoms for others, but I guess you coud argue ultimate freedom means everyone is free to oppress anyone else or fight back against their oppressors. Philosophically it is mildly interesting, but practically it is a useless point.