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Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination
TuringTest writes: A six-year-old child was admitted to a hospital in Barcelona and diagnosed with diphtheria, which hasn't occurred in Spain since 1986 and was largely unheard of in western Europe. The boy had not been vaccinated despite the vaccine being available in free vaccination programs. Spanish general health secretary called anti-vaccination campaigns "irresponsible" and said: "The right to vaccination is for children, not for the parents to decide." The child is in critical condition, though he's now being treated with a serum expressly brought from Russia through an emergency procedure.
I thought they were conservatives telling everyone they don't want no gubbamint telling them what to put in their babby's body.
Am I protected if my religious beliefs say I need to sacrifice a virgin? Certainly not, so why should I be able to gamble with my child's life based on religious beliefs? Furthermore, they are MY religious beliefs, not my child's. Who is to say my child is going to give a crap about my religion when he grows up.