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Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-vaccine-for-stupidity dept.

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.

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  1. You wouldn't pay to see a Rob Schneider movie... by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... so why are you listening to medical advice from him?

    A Public Service Announcement from Get Your Brats Immunized

  2. Parents should be liable by sjbe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I strongly think that parents who elect to not vaccinate their children (absent a documented medical condition preventing safe vaccination) should be liable for child endangerment. This is reckless behavior that is reasonably likely to result in bodily harm to another human being. This is a public safety issue with a clear and benign and effective solution. Those who opt out should be liable for the consequences of their actions.

    1. Re:Parents should be liable by Maritz · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It doesn't (and didn't!) help with Disneyland I agree. But it might be able to persuade some of the less-rabid or on-the-fence parents to get their kids vaccinated.

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    2. Re: Parents should be liable by Jason+Levine · · Score: 5, Informative

      As the parent of a child with autism, the "vaccines cause autism" crowd triply annoys me.

      1. They take funding that should go to diagnosis/treatment and send it to Yet Another Study that will yet again show no link. (Or worse: Advocating "treatments" that are a baby step shy of torture.)

      2. They fear monger autism such that you'd think your child would be better off dead than autistic. I know plenty of parents of kids on the spectrum. Some with pretty severe issues. None would rather their kids were dead.

      3. They make it hard to support autism societies because you need to first weed out the ones dedicated to "proving" an autism-vaccine link.

      The sooner these people accept that autism and vaccines have no link, the better for everyone.

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  3. Re:You might want to check that data again... by Calydor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where there's one anti-vaxxer, there's more anti-vaxxer.

    Just like infectious diseases.

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