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HopeAgain

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1. Should make it criminal neglect

Reply to SidDithers (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:03 AM

Feb 2019

to fail to vaccinate kids. The parens patriae doctrine has always recognized the state can require parents do what is in the child's best interests and overriden even religious positions by other groups including thr Jehovahs Witnesses and the Christian Scientists.

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Measles is back because states give parents too many ways to avoid vaccines [View all] SidDithers Feb 2019 OP

Should make it criminal neglect HopeAgain Feb 2019 #1

I agree. These parents are intentionally putting there kids health lives at risk. Buckeyeblue Feb 2019 #3

It's bad enough that they put their kid's lives at risk KitSileya Feb 2019 #11

Trump is encouraging everyone to be selfish riverboatgambler Feb 2019 #2

It's more about encouraging people to be stupid than selfish. Buckeyeblue Feb 2019 #4

Most of the exemptions have been around for long time. Igel Feb 2019 #6

In 1998, Wakefield published his fraudulent paper. Mariana Feb 2019 #8

It is also a lot easier to access information crazycatlady Feb 2019 #13

Thanks! Good explanation... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #14

This was going on long before Trump. Mariana Feb 2019 #7

Welcome to DU riverboatgambler! smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #17

K&R stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #5

And because we give choices, we are WhiteTara Feb 2019 #9

That is eye-opening, White Tara. brer cat Feb 2019 #10

I was just so stunned at how many WhiteTara Feb 2019 #12

You want to give more power to the individual voter, but, with dumbass decisions like this, it's not lindysalsagal Feb 2019 #15

K&R ck4829 Mar 2019 #16

If you get the measles, it ruins your imune system, yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2019 #18