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Humanist_Activist

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10. I'm sorry, but willfully refusing to vaccininate your children, for non medical reasons...

Reply to CanSocDem (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:59 PM

Apr 2015

to prevent both them and the people around them from contracting dangerous communicable diseases that are, in many cases, deadly or debilitating is neglect.

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Australia to Stop Welfare Cash of Anti-Vaccine Parents [View all] JI7 Apr 2015 OP

Kinda like it... mpcamb Apr 2015 #1

Good. Owl Apr 2015 #2

Sounds like Kansas and Missouri salib Apr 2015 #3

this is australia so i was thinking it might not be the same as the US JI7 Apr 2015 #4

Still sounds like what they are doing in Kansas and Missouri salib Apr 2015 #27

I find linking this to welfare abhorrent, instead they should have a fine that is tied... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #5

I have no problem with them linking it because cstanleytech Apr 2015 #6

The problem is that they are disproportionately targeting the poor, who aren't even the problem... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #11

Well the governments of the world need to do something and yeah in this case its going to suck for cstanleytech Apr 2015 #13

But this does nothing to prevent that, as I said, most people who are anti-vax aren't on welfare... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #15

No they dont rely on benefits but there are other ways to address them to such as cstanleytech Apr 2015 #19

Neither of those are practical, you would require public transportation system to ID everyone... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #20

And how would you know the income levels of the anti-vax idiots? snooper2 Apr 2015 #16

OK, I was wrong, there's hardly any correlation between income levels and vaccination rates... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #18

"...penalized for endangering public health." CanSocDem Apr 2015 #9

I'm sorry, but willfully refusing to vaccininate your children, for non medical reasons... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #10

The article is slightly misleading... wysi Apr 2015 #7

Thanks for the clarification!! SkyDaddy7 Apr 2015 #8

So these payments are a benefit for everyone? Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #12

Even if they payments go out to everyone, hughee99 Apr 2015 #22

For folks at the lowest end of the spectrum... wysi Apr 2015 #23

Ah, okay. I didn't understand how their social services worked, and with the article hughee99 Apr 2015 #25

Yes, the reporting is a bit sloppy... wysi Apr 2015 #26

Yes, except that... wysi Apr 2015 #24

Extra butter on mine, please. KamaAina Apr 2015 #14

If the govt believes the vaccinations are necessary they should make them MANDATORY, with ONLY a hughee99 Apr 2015 #17

Exactly, its unfair, but given the state of Australia's government, not surprising... Humanist_Activist Apr 2015 #21