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, Insightful) by slinches on Friday May 28 2021, @07:37PM (1 child)
Why are you so quick to throw away the right to self-determination when a vaccine is involved? What happened to the sanctity of a person's bodily autonomy?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tangomargarine on Saturday May 29 2021, @07:53AM
Widespread plague was the singular exception to my general beliefs on freedom in the U.S. even before Covid was a thing, and that hasn't changed since.
The human brain just doesn't seem to be wired to deal with low probability of drastic consequences (i.e. death), and that goes double for when it's somebody else's.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"