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In Australia, Immunize Or Lose Benefits
An anonymous reader writes with news of a plan from the Australian government to cut down on the number of kids who aren't vaccinated. The new scheme will deny family tax benefits to parents whose children don't pass immunization checks. Quoting:
"The FTB supplement, worth $726 per child each year, will now only be paid once a child is fully immunized at these checks. Families are already required to have their child fully immunized to receive Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Rebate. Children will also be required for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal C, pneumococcal and chicken pox. Children will also be immunized against measles, mumps and rubella earlier, at 18 months instead of the current four years of age."
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You don't kill all the poor people, you kill all the stupid ones. Granted their is a 99% coincidence.
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Oh fuck off. It's not like conservatives don't name call. Jesus the hypocrisy like you just amazes me. Your type truly do believe that somehow you approach sainthood in your intellectual processes.
At any rate, I'm not a liberal. That's the other thing, conservatism and Libertarianism are not the same thing either.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Over-vaccination has been known to cause diseases that are immune to common preventative measures.
All the world's a CPU, and all the men and women merely AI agents