Ontario Parents Refusing To Vaccinate Their Children Could Be Forced to Take Science Class (qz.com)

Ontario is considering making parents who choose to not vaccinate their children for non-medical reasons take a science class. The health ministry of Canada's most populous province has proposed a bill which would force those parents sit through the education session before applying for a vaccine exemption. In the class, they will be taught about the importance of vaccination for their children. Quartz offers more context: Ontario was the first province in Canada to introduce immunization laws (PDF) in 1982, which required children attending school be vaccinated against certain diseases -- including diphtheria, tetanus, polio, and measles -- unless they have a signed exemption. After routine immunization was introduced, cases of those diseases dramatically reduced. Parents who apply for an exemption (PDF) for non-medical reasons risk having their child pulled from school if there's an outbreak, or the immediate risk of an outbreak, of a designated disease.

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Re:Antivaxing in particular

[HornyBastard]

The people in to it are generally above average in an academic sense.

That usually just means that they memorized a bunch of shit in their specific field.
I know a few complete morons with masters degrees. Mostly lit or art, but that still qualifies them as "above average in an academic sense".

Smartest Motherfucker in the Universe Syndrome.

Their intelligence leads to a hubris which leads to them doing dumb shit.

That is not intelligence.
That is arrogance.

Being intelligent doesn't make one informed.

Being intelligent, means you know how to make yourself informed.
Being smart means you do it.
We are not talking about intelligent people here.
We are talking about stupid, arrogant bastards.