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Italy Bans Unvaccinated Children From Going To Preschool And Anti-Vaxxers Are Furious
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Italy Bans Unvaccinated Children From Going To Preschool And Anti-Vaxxers Are Furious

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While the United States deliberates on how to handle their measles outbreak, Italy has decided to take legal action. Under a new law from the Italian government, all unvaccinated kids under the age of six can be barred from public schools and while kids aged 6-16 cannot be banned they risk their parents having to pay a €500 ($560) fine. The ban comes amid a surge in measles cases in the European country. Among the 10 mandatory vaccinations for school, admission are shots for chicken pox, polio, mumps, rubella and of course, measles. The Lorenzin law, named for the former Italian Health Minister who introduced it, came into effect on Tuesday.

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The original efforts to make vaccines mandatory were denounced by Italy’s current far-right Five Star Movement (M5S) government, who called into question the safety of some immunizations. The group even threatened to overturn the mandatory vaccination laws that the previous government had passed in 2017, but decided not to go through with the plan.

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A change in course from the government came from a wave of criticism they received in light of the country’s measles outbreak last summer. In January 2019, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the numbers rose to a reported 165 cases, marking one of the highest numbers in Europe.

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Since the law first passed, there is data from the Italian health ministry to suggest that the laws had met their intended goal with 94 percent of children having had at least one dose of the measles vaccine in June 2018, which put the numbers up two percent in six months. Before the law, Italy’s rates of vaccinations had dropped well below 80 percent a stark contrast to the 95 percent vaccination rate recommended by the World Health Organization.

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A 95 percent vaccination threshold is the point that “herd immunity” is achieved, in which there is enough of the population vaccinated that the spread of diseases is highly unlikely and protects those who are too young or have special health conditions in which they cannot be vaccinated.

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Health Minister Giulia Grillo told La Repubblica newspaper: “Everyone has had time to catch up,” and the government has proved they aren’t messing around. So far, according to the BBC, the local authority in Bologna has sent around 300 letters of suspension to parents and a total of 5,000 children still do not have their vaccine documents up to date.

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The anti-vaccination movement has spread across the globe to cause measles epidemics around the world, which has alarmed the World Health Organization. Misinformation and discredited papers have contributed to this misplaced fear of vaccines. A significant disproved study came from Andrew Wakefield, who falsely claimed that there was a link between measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) and autism and bowel disease in children.

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A study of mandatory vaccines reported that nine European countries have mandatory vaccine laws for mumps, measles, and rubella: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia. And while all 31 European countries either recommended or introduced mandatory measures for all ten vaccines (with the exception of Iceland which does not recommend Hepatitis B) Latvia was the only other European country along with Italy that required all 10 mandatory vaccines for childhood.

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    diane a
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unvaccinated children should also be banned by airlines.

    Vic
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely, the closed environment with stale aur circulating is ideal for spreading germs.

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    Daria B
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile children suffer and have no say in the whole matter... Anti-vaccine people don't realise how unfair THAT is.

    Vic
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well said.. 👏👏The only problem with your statement is you wrote logic, a language anti-vaxxers are unfamiliar with.

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    Wil Vanderheijden
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    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So Italy proves what a lot of people have been saying for years: Legislation is the only efficient way to stop this madness. Anti-vaxxers shouldn't be able to decide IF or WHEN they are willing to contribute to herd immunization. It's like allowing drivers to decide on what side of the road they're going to drive today or what traffic signs they think should apply to them. And if parents aren't willing to follow laws, take their children away from them.

    Heather Anne
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    5 years ago

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    Ian Smith
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Withholding medical care in the form of vaccines should be punishable as neglect or abuse. If you're unable to tell the difference between a blog and actual medical advice, you're likely failing your children in other ways.

    Heather Anne
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You do not know what you are talking about. Quit just following the pack. Definitely stop trying to make other peoples choices.

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    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no sympathy for anti-vaxxers. An unvaccinated child caused an outbreak of whooping cough at a local school where a friend of mine taught 4th grade. Not only was she not allowed to go home (had to be quarantined to make sure she did not spread it,) but a newborn child, sister to the patient zero, ended up in the hospital on a respirator and with a fever. Vaccinate your kids or keep them at home..but don't infect the rest of the population that can't be vaccinated because of your self-righteous attitude about the government!

    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in reference to Wendy Blandens comment..My doctor said right up front "If you even mention once that 'I looked it up on Web MD and they said...'.. our doctor/patient relationship is over....."

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    Kevin Stern
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of these anti-vaxxers were vaccinated as kids...so maybe it's true that vaccines cause mental retardation...

    Full Name
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean the people that grew up healthy and had kids of their own? You're not really helping your case with that statement.

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    Dani
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I go to a private school in Indiana, we do preschool through 8th grade and they have a list of required vaccines and correlating ages that all students are required to get. Is this not normal? It should be.

    Uwe Theiss
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if this is also a saying outside of germany, but here we say "Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good you play, it will knock over all chess pieces, s**t on the board and flaunt like it has won!" All pro-plague activists are idiots. I like freedom, but mandatory vaccines are necessary.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "pro-plague activists". Name me one single person who has every been against vaccinations because they liked the idea of disease spreading. Name a single one. Can't? That's because they don't exist. Stop making false comparisons.

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    Kjorn
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you need a law to force parent to vaccinated their childrens… it's not the pollution who'd kill us all... it will be an epidemic caused by priviledged morons

    Stefano Aprea
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from Italy. It's not a strict matter of big numbers of anti-vaxx. It' s just that ONE single non-vaccinated kid can get a disease in a big school with +300/400 kids. Matter of proportions.

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    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bp seems to be a russian bot for the anti-anti vax movement. We get it, you're pro vaccine. Give it a f*****g rest. We don't need this literally every week.

    Elias Leo Soursos
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you care if people are vaccinated or not? Those who had their vaccines should be immune? And all I see is ignorant pro vaccers here saying stupid s**t. People born in 70s only got one vaccine (polio) we caught measles, mumps and rubella naturally and our immune system fought if off as it should.

    Kioh81
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People born in the 70s absolutely did not all just fight off those diseases. Many people/children suffered tremendously.

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    Vahdinkaal
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has been the law in NZ for donkey's years. When you enrol your child in anything you have to provide proof that they are up to date on all their vaccines.

    Julieta S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The irony of this is that all those people are around to protest common sense because they're probably vaccinated...

    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a ridiculous statement. Humans have been around for over 100,000 years and vaccines have been a thing for a few decades.

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    Max Palmer
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh I thought the anti vaccination people were just in America

    Living_Shadow
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its literally so sad to see those many people are anti-vax. They're just harming their own kids and the people around them

    Samhhain Cat
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good. Now fine the parents or throw them in jail for not having their kids in school.

    Telmo Belo
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure vaccines are mandatory in Portugal. The Law doesn't require you to have them, but you need to have them if you want to go to school or, as an adult, to have a job.

    Vagrant
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand why Anti-vaxx parents are not punished by law in some countries. It should be a criminal offense (as is in many countries), on more than one count - endangering/preventing a child from obtaining basic health care, and endangering public. F*****g idiots, I would throw them all in jail.

    Corbin Terry
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Are the flat-earthers next?" Good question, i hope the answer is maybe

    Just saying
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem in the southern countries in Europe is that they are fielding a huge influx of refugees from countries where some of these diseases are still fairly common, which means that unvaccinated Italian children are more likely to come into contact with these diseases. Compulsory vaccination therefore makes total sense.

    SnoopyCereal
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anti-vax parents: But my kids will die if they get vaccines!!1!1!!1!!!! Italian Government: Then perish

    Gonzalo Terán
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 4-5 years, most of the unvaccinated kids will no longer be with us. The other problem is that half of the internet will say they were mass murder by the Illuminati to try to prove them wrong or some sort of thing like that.

    Viviane Katz
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect a few will become seriously sick, a small number of them will die, and most will survive. Some will get vaccinated when they're legally old enough to do so without their parents' consent. This is starting to happen as the anti-vaxxers' children reach the age to make their own medical decisions.

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    Ovi Rio
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they need to round up the Unvaccinated kid. put it in the same school and study the survival rate of these kid. this would be like battle royale influenza.

    Full Name
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    5 years ago

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    I hate the religion of the anti-anti vaxxer movement but I like your comment. It would indeed be a useful experiment so we could get some actual science done. The religion is f*****g nuts because they act like if a kid isn't vaccinated that everybody they are ever near will explode immediately. I hate the hyperbole of it all. I'm actually not anti vaccination (i'm on vacation right now and I just got some vaccinations for it) but I can't f*****g stand the people who take it waaaaaay too far even though they themselves don't understand the science inside and out.

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    Nia Loves Art
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think children should be banned from preschool. It is punishing the children for their parents. I very much support the fine though.

    Viviane Katz
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem with allowing unvaccinated children is that they could spread diseases. Some of the vaccinated children may have siblings who are too young to be vaccinated. An infant could become quite sick and require hospitalization.

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    Heather Anne
    Community Member
    5 years ago

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    The measles vaccine is causing the outbreaks. Stop being stupid and giving up others rights.

    Ronald Copenhagen
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    5 years ago

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    My vaccine only works if everyone else gets vaccines... Because “science”. Why not just let anti-vaxxers die off?

    Diome
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. Your vaccine will work on you, because you have antibodies. But if you have a newborn or an immunocompromised relative, they are at risk. So anti-vaxxers may die off, but they will take too many innocent people with them.

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    Chris Gill
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    5 years ago

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    How about a compromise and do what japan has done? give one vaccination at a time From what I understand it cuts the risks way down compared to multiple vacs that are given in the US.

    Aunt Messy
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are no "risks". There is NO REASON not to vaccinate your kids on the current schedule. Claiming that it's "dangerous" is just an indication of how stupid you are.

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    diane a
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unvaccinated children should also be banned by airlines.

    Vic
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely, the closed environment with stale aur circulating is ideal for spreading germs.

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile children suffer and have no say in the whole matter... Anti-vaccine people don't realise how unfair THAT is.

    Vic
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well said.. 👏👏The only problem with your statement is you wrote logic, a language anti-vaxxers are unfamiliar with.

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    Wil Vanderheijden
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So Italy proves what a lot of people have been saying for years: Legislation is the only efficient way to stop this madness. Anti-vaxxers shouldn't be able to decide IF or WHEN they are willing to contribute to herd immunization. It's like allowing drivers to decide on what side of the road they're going to drive today or what traffic signs they think should apply to them. And if parents aren't willing to follow laws, take their children away from them.

    Heather Anne
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This comment has been deleted.

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    Ian Smith
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Withholding medical care in the form of vaccines should be punishable as neglect or abuse. If you're unable to tell the difference between a blog and actual medical advice, you're likely failing your children in other ways.

    Heather Anne
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You do not know what you are talking about. Quit just following the pack. Definitely stop trying to make other peoples choices.

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    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no sympathy for anti-vaxxers. An unvaccinated child caused an outbreak of whooping cough at a local school where a friend of mine taught 4th grade. Not only was she not allowed to go home (had to be quarantined to make sure she did not spread it,) but a newborn child, sister to the patient zero, ended up in the hospital on a respirator and with a fever. Vaccinate your kids or keep them at home..but don't infect the rest of the population that can't be vaccinated because of your self-righteous attitude about the government!

    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in reference to Wendy Blandens comment..My doctor said right up front "If you even mention once that 'I looked it up on Web MD and they said...'.. our doctor/patient relationship is over....."

    Load More Replies...
    Kevin Stern
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of these anti-vaxxers were vaccinated as kids...so maybe it's true that vaccines cause mental retardation...

    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean the people that grew up healthy and had kids of their own? You're not really helping your case with that statement.

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    Dani
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I go to a private school in Indiana, we do preschool through 8th grade and they have a list of required vaccines and correlating ages that all students are required to get. Is this not normal? It should be.

    Uwe Theiss
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if this is also a saying outside of germany, but here we say "Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good you play, it will knock over all chess pieces, s**t on the board and flaunt like it has won!" All pro-plague activists are idiots. I like freedom, but mandatory vaccines are necessary.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "pro-plague activists". Name me one single person who has every been against vaccinations because they liked the idea of disease spreading. Name a single one. Can't? That's because they don't exist. Stop making false comparisons.

    Load More Replies...
    Kjorn
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you need a law to force parent to vaccinated their childrens… it's not the pollution who'd kill us all... it will be an epidemic caused by priviledged morons

    Stefano Aprea
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from Italy. It's not a strict matter of big numbers of anti-vaxx. It' s just that ONE single non-vaccinated kid can get a disease in a big school with +300/400 kids. Matter of proportions.

    Load More Replies...
    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bp seems to be a russian bot for the anti-anti vax movement. We get it, you're pro vaccine. Give it a f*****g rest. We don't need this literally every week.

    Elias Leo Soursos
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you care if people are vaccinated or not? Those who had their vaccines should be immune? And all I see is ignorant pro vaccers here saying stupid s**t. People born in 70s only got one vaccine (polio) we caught measles, mumps and rubella naturally and our immune system fought if off as it should.

    Kioh81
    Community Member
    Premium
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People born in the 70s absolutely did not all just fight off those diseases. Many people/children suffered tremendously.

    Load More Replies...
    Vahdinkaal
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has been the law in NZ for donkey's years. When you enrol your child in anything you have to provide proof that they are up to date on all their vaccines.

    Julieta S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The irony of this is that all those people are around to protest common sense because they're probably vaccinated...

    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a ridiculous statement. Humans have been around for over 100,000 years and vaccines have been a thing for a few decades.

    Load More Replies...
    Max Palmer
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh I thought the anti vaccination people were just in America

    Living_Shadow
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its literally so sad to see those many people are anti-vax. They're just harming their own kids and the people around them

    Samhhain Cat
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good. Now fine the parents or throw them in jail for not having their kids in school.

    Telmo Belo
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure vaccines are mandatory in Portugal. The Law doesn't require you to have them, but you need to have them if you want to go to school or, as an adult, to have a job.

    Vagrant
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand why Anti-vaxx parents are not punished by law in some countries. It should be a criminal offense (as is in many countries), on more than one count - endangering/preventing a child from obtaining basic health care, and endangering public. F*****g idiots, I would throw them all in jail.

    Corbin Terry
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Are the flat-earthers next?" Good question, i hope the answer is maybe

    Just saying
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem in the southern countries in Europe is that they are fielding a huge influx of refugees from countries where some of these diseases are still fairly common, which means that unvaccinated Italian children are more likely to come into contact with these diseases. Compulsory vaccination therefore makes total sense.

    SnoopyCereal
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anti-vax parents: But my kids will die if they get vaccines!!1!1!!1!!!! Italian Government: Then perish

    Gonzalo Terán
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 4-5 years, most of the unvaccinated kids will no longer be with us. The other problem is that half of the internet will say they were mass murder by the Illuminati to try to prove them wrong or some sort of thing like that.

    Viviane Katz
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect a few will become seriously sick, a small number of them will die, and most will survive. Some will get vaccinated when they're legally old enough to do so without their parents' consent. This is starting to happen as the anti-vaxxers' children reach the age to make their own medical decisions.

    Load More Replies...
    Ovi Rio
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they need to round up the Unvaccinated kid. put it in the same school and study the survival rate of these kid. this would be like battle royale influenza.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    I hate the religion of the anti-anti vaxxer movement but I like your comment. It would indeed be a useful experiment so we could get some actual science done. The religion is f*****g nuts because they act like if a kid isn't vaccinated that everybody they are ever near will explode immediately. I hate the hyperbole of it all. I'm actually not anti vaccination (i'm on vacation right now and I just got some vaccinations for it) but I can't f*****g stand the people who take it waaaaaay too far even though they themselves don't understand the science inside and out.

    Load More Replies...
    Nia Loves Art
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think children should be banned from preschool. It is punishing the children for their parents. I very much support the fine though.

    Viviane Katz
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem with allowing unvaccinated children is that they could spread diseases. Some of the vaccinated children may have siblings who are too young to be vaccinated. An infant could become quite sick and require hospitalization.

    Load More Replies...
    Heather Anne
    Community Member
    5 years ago

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    The measles vaccine is causing the outbreaks. Stop being stupid and giving up others rights.

    Ronald Copenhagen
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    5 years ago

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    My vaccine only works if everyone else gets vaccines... Because “science”. Why not just let anti-vaxxers die off?

    Diome
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. Your vaccine will work on you, because you have antibodies. But if you have a newborn or an immunocompromised relative, they are at risk. So anti-vaxxers may die off, but they will take too many innocent people with them.

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    Chris Gill
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    How about a compromise and do what japan has done? give one vaccination at a time From what I understand it cuts the risks way down compared to multiple vacs that are given in the US.

    Aunt Messy
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are no "risks". There is NO REASON not to vaccinate your kids on the current schedule. Claiming that it's "dangerous" is just an indication of how stupid you are.

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