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3/16/2014 1:46:44 AM
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Parents of unvaccinated children should lose state benefits/services
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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6 RepliesI think that this is a hard one. While I agree that preventing these diseases is a good thing to do and I support the idea of it, I don't support it's implementation. On the one hand we have what potentially saves lives but on the other we have all these unnecessarily added chemicals to the injections that can cause a lot of harm, potentially more then the actual disease. After reading the article however I find that it appears as a rather biased source. Calling out any who don't follow the same ideas as the writer crazy and wording it in a very one sided way I find this author hard to take seriously. I am sure that the events are real but as to the cause and severity I do question as they may have been taken far out of proportion but such a writer. So right now I sit on the fence not really wanting to take a side as there are are an even level of pro's and con's to vaccines. However this was a poor article to link as source material.
