if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Of Measles And Weasles
Welcome to the new Third World.
Measles, which once killed 500 American children a year, is making a comeback--and some New York lawmakers are eager to help the disease prosper.
The Centers for Disease Control reports a surge in measles outbreaks; almost all the cases are in children who never received the routine shots for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Vanquished diseases are rebounding thanks to growing--but groundless--fears over the safety of traditional vaccines.
Driven by those fears, ever more parents are finding a way to forgo shots for their children--even though shots are required in most of the nation.
There’s absolutely no causal link between autism rates and the amount of thimerosal children received.
And some politicians are encouraging them. A proposed New York law, sponsored by Suffolk County Assemblyman Marc Alessi, would establish a “philosophical” exemption to mandatory childhood vaccinations.Like many other states, New York has long allowed religious or medical exemptions, but this “philosophical” pass would let parents skip mandatory vaccines for their kids for almost any reason, just by filling out some paperwork.
I wish we could be vaccinated from the stupidity of Luddites, elected and otherwise.
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Like many other states, New York has long allowed religious or medical exemptions, but this “philosophical” pass would let parents skip mandatory vaccines for their kids for almost any reason, just by filling out some paperwork.
Well, gee, does this mean that when the little tykes catch these diseases doctors won’t have to provide treatment?
If they have insurance, I am sure the doctors will be happy to provide whatever service they can get paid for...just like for AIDS or any other mostly preventable (via personal actions) disease.
Toss in the unions and the leftists and you have to be what appears to be a deliberate attempt to create a society of uneducated idiots that are easily led around by the nose.
It’s obviously a conspiracy by the left. It’s obviously a conspiracy by the left. It’s obviously a conspiracy by the left (just keep repeating it over and over, like that will make it true).
Thank God we have “no child left behind”. Otherwise the whole of society would have gone to pot. Oh wait.
Anybody can join in once the game is started. In this case, not being particularly smart and pandering during an election seems to have helped Bush ante up…
It’s obviously a conspiracy by the left. It’s obviously a conspiracy by the left. It’s obviously a conspiracy by the left (just keep repeating it over and over, like that will make it true).
I have serious regrets about leaving ‘vast’ out of this mantra.
*beats self again*
no conspiracy needed stogy, just similar mindsets, and they are quite open about it.
There’s absolutely no causal link between autism rates and the amount of thimerosal children received.
Nevermind that MMR vaccines don’t even contain thimerosal anymore. That was phased out over 5 years ago.
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I see this as a natural outcome of Jimmy Carter involving the federal government in the education system. Toss in the unions and the leftists and you have to be what appears to be a deliberate attempt to create a society of uneducated idiots that are easily led around by the nose.
They have succeeded in creating a society that will believe almost any sort of pseudoscience rhetoric that you dangle in front of it.