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: 4, Insightful) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Friday May 28 2021, @05:59PM (3 children)
>locked down and it had no effect on the course of the disease
Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam are final proof to the contrary.
For pity's sake, if you think isolation and masking don't do anything, what the $@#! do you think happened to the flu season?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 29 2021, @02:50AM (2 children)
Sweden and Belorussia.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 29 2021, @05:49AM
Sweden - population 10 millions. Deaths by covid 14,413
Australia - population 25 millions. Death by covid 910
You were sayin'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 30 2021, @09:52AM
Let's compare Sweden to its neighbors:
Sweden deaths per 100000: 140.6
Norway deaths per 100000: 14.7
Finland deaths per 100000: 17.1
Denmark deaths per 100000: 43.2
Yep, that refusing to lock down and not mandate masks totally worked, that is why those numbers are identical! /s