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More Human Rights Slashed: Vermont House Removes Philosophical Vaccine Exemption
by Arjun Walia
On Tuesday, the Vermont house of Representatives voted to remove the philosophical exemption to Vermont’s mandatory immunization law. As a result, it is now harder for parents to exempt their children from the mandatory immunization law on philosophical grounds only. The Vermont House voted 85 to 57, in a debate that lasted more than four hours in which dozens of House representatives wanted to express their opinion on what has become, and continues to become, a very controversial and emotional issue.
That being said, as outlined in the debate, which could have led to its passing is the fact that:
“Nothing in this amendment forces a parent to vaccinate their child. I vote to protect children and adults in our schools who are especially vulnerable to these dangerous vaccine preventable diseases.” – Rep George Til (source)
Ultimately, parents can still go through a process to have their child exempt from immunization, it will just be harder. For example, they can still attempt to receive an exemption based on religious grounds, and they will most likely have to remove their child from school. As touched upon later in the article, the idea that non-vaccinated children are a danger to vaccinated children is based on no science, it is only modelled and doesn’t seem to make much sense.
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat
http://philosophers-stone.co.uk
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2015/05/more-human-rights-slashed-vermont-house-removes-philosophical-vaccine-exemption/
