You might have heard recently that Measles, after being eradicated in the US 14 years ago, [url=http://gizmodo.com/measles-are-back-in-new-york-city-thanks-to-anti-vax-ab-1543787681]has returned with cases reported in New York, San Diego, Boston, and Vancouver as well[/url]. Given that the efforts of anti-vaccination groups seem to be unfortunately paying off, do you think there should be an added incentive for parents to vaccinate their children? Specifically, if a child is not vaccinated, the parent or guardian should receive fewer, or be less-eligible for, state-sponsored benefits and services, such as welfare payments, schooling (such as exclusion from enrolment), child care, etc... with the exception of medical, and only medical, reasons.
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I'm not anti-vaccination, but my mom had a flu shot when she was pregnant and she had a miscarriage soon after. Not to forget that the doctor's office were bothering her about taking it and all the nurses said that the flu shot [i]didn't[/i] cause miscarriages. Now I'm not saying the flu shot is [i]bad[/i] i just saying I'm not sure why they push something that [i]could[/i] cause a miscarriage. [spoiler]I'm not a conspiracy theorist[/spoiler]