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In reply to the discussion: Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional [View all]JPK
(939 posts)24. Insurance companies
Should refuse coverage of illnesses that were preventable by vaccines such as Polio. Those that become afflicted and end up in iron lungs then sluffed off on the taxpayers because the kids parents decided to not vaccinate their kids should be held financially liable for the ultimate care of their child if they refused having their child vaccinated. Same for Measles, or any other disease that can affect a non vaccinated child that would have to rely on the taxpayer to care for their child into the future for the consequences of their stupidity.
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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Friday
OP
Smallpox killed 90% of the population of the Americas when Europeans first arrived
iemanja
Friday
#18
While this policy would affect people of all ages, a pundit on CNN last night said something that stuck with me...
EarlG
Friday
#2
Ironically it would be MAGA parents causing the deaths of their own children
IronLionZion
Friday
#37
I'll extend your viewpoint and say that the anti-child extends to all children - white or brown.
erronis
Friday
#26
A man died recently in his (I think) late 70s who spent his entire life in an iron lung.
dedl67
Friday
#28
Unfortunately, it will require a major tragic outbreak to convince these morons of the error of their ways
Mysterian
Friday
#23
I got vaccinated for polio in grade school in the 1950's when the vaccine first came out.
patphil
Friday
#29
Jonas Salk was a hero - one of many great persons who graduated City College of New York
dedl67
Friday
#34
Seems their intentions are to fill up the cemeteries with babies and small children.
SamKnause
Friday
#31