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Ohio Lawmakers Want to Abolish Vaccine Requirements

posted by mrpg on Friday May 28 2021, @11:26AM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday May 30 2021, @12:06PM (9 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 30 2021, @12:06PM (#1140231) Journal

    before the MSM used covid as another tool of getting rid of the orange man.

    Trump started that stupidity. And given that Trump lost the election against Biden, it looks to me like maybe a considerable portion of the public agreed.

  • (Score: 0, Troll) by HammeredGlass on Sunday May 30 2021, @06:01PM (8 children)

    by HammeredGlass (12241) on Sunday May 30 2021, @06:01PM (#1140297)

    You're a fucktard. diaf

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday May 30 2021, @10:02PM (7 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 30 2021, @10:02PM (#1140338) Journal
      You seriously going to defend Trump? We didn't have to turn mask wearing into an ideological litmus test. Trump did that. We didn't have to come up with excuses for why we weren't trying to squelch covid. Trump did that. We didn't have to buy up the world's supply of some dubious and inconsequential medication (Remdesivir). Trump did that anyway. There's a year of pointless theater that wouldn't have happened, if Trump hadn't done that. And I bet a competent handling of covid would have left Trump in charge today.

      • (Score: 0, Troll) by HammeredGlass on Monday May 31 2021, @02:32PM (6 children)

        by HammeredGlass (12241) on Monday May 31 2021, @02:32PM (#1140495)

        You're an nonredeemable fucktard. diaf

        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 01 2021, @01:24AM (5 children)

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 01 2021, @01:24AM (#1140621) Journal
          What's worth redeeming here? Trump has a record [soylentnews.org]. DannyB put together a collection so you don't have to stew in ignorance and I don't have to search hard for counterexamples. Send him your thanks.

          DannyB's best pick [washingtonpost.com] was the changing narratives as covid spread in the US with Trump admitting in private that covid was worse than he claimed in public. That's an awful lot of lying and wriggling on the hook just there.

          Look, you got conned. Happens all the time.

          • (Score: 0, Troll) by HammeredGlass on Tuesday June 01 2021, @05:40PM (4 children)

            by HammeredGlass (12241) on Tuesday June 01 2021, @05:40PM (#1140798)

            You're a complete fucktard. diaf

            • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 01 2021, @05:56PM (3 children)

              by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 01 2021, @05:56PM (#1140805) Journal
              So nothing to say? From here [msn.com]:

              In a recorded conversation with Woodward on February 7, Trump said the coronavirus was "more deadly than even your strenuous flus" and that people could contract the virus just by breathing in air.

              For weeks after that conversation, Trump repeatedly told the public that the coronavirus was no worse than the seasonal flu.

              Meanwhile in public [washingtonpost.com]:

              February 10: “Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”

              There's a bunch of good stuff in DannyB's collection. But I'm afraid that you'll need a new role model, if you read that.

              • (Score: 1) by HammeredGlass on Tuesday June 01 2021, @06:06PM (2 children)

                by HammeredGlass (12241) on Tuesday June 01 2021, @06:06PM (#1140809)

                You are a colossal fucktard. diaf

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 01 2021, @06:17PM (1 child)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 01 2021, @06:17PM (#1140815)

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