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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: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 01 2021, @12:11AM (8 children)
There's always plenty of time for satire and exaggeration. It's not hard to anticipate either.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday June 01 2021, @02:05AM (7 children)
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 01 2021, @02:32AM (6 children)
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday June 01 2021, @06:20AM (5 children)
There plenty of reason to criticize. Even in the eyes of their peers. Voting against the investigation was an act of self defense. 🙄
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 01 2021, @04:28PM (4 children)
Of course, there was. Such as the sudden claims (apparently as the riot was ongoing) that Antifa and such were staging the riot.
Such as the previous two House investigations of Trump? Voting against wasting one's time is a justifiable act of self-defense. Trump is a private citizen now. If there really is some criminal act of insurrection, coup, treason, whatever, he won't be protected by the office of the President.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday June 01 2021, @04:41PM (3 children)
Followed by sycophantic supporters going "nuh uh, bias! Biasss!!!!!!" Basically the insurrectionists did enough damage, with zero evidence to back their motivation, that the GOP is trying to figure out how to tiptoe around the minefield sustaining as little damage as possible. Perhaps they knew ahead of time that people would come out of the woodwork trying to minimize what they should instead have been condemning.
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 01 2021, @05:48PM (2 children)
The problem here is that in the real world, convictions for crimes require evidence. You need that first.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday June 01 2021, @05:51PM (1 child)
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday June 06 2021, @05:27AM
Which isn't insurrection. I've made it clear from the beginning that I agree that there were a bunch of people who dressed up and misbehaved, criminally on camera. That's not insurrection. Hyperbolic speech whether chanted or merchandised is not insurrection either.
I've also noted that these people will be investigated quite thoroughly. If there is evidence for insurrection, I think it likely that it'll turn up. That it hasn't already been found and spread about in the media doesn't look good for your argument.