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Vaccines May Soon Be Mandatory For Children In France (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Last week, the French Health Ministry announced plans to make 11 vaccines mandatory for young children by 2018. French law currently mandates three vaccines -- diphtheria, tetanus, and polio -- for children under the age of two. The government's proposal would expand that list to include eight other vaccines -- including those against Hepatitis B, whooping cough, and measles -- that were previously only recommended. The proposal, which is to be presented to lawmakers by the end of this year, comes amid an ongoing measles outbreak across Europe, which the World Health Organization (WHO) attributed to low immunization rates. Italy passed a similar decree in May, requiring children to receive 10 vaccines as a condition for school enrollment. Germany, while stopping short of a mandate, has moved to tighten its laws on child immunization. But some experts question whether a vaccination mandate will sway public opinion in France, where distrust in vaccines has risen alarmingly in recent years. In a survey published last year, 41 percent of respondents in France disagreed with the statement that vaccines are safe -- the highest rate of distrust among the 67 countries that were surveyed, and more than three times higher than the global average.
In France, they might not notice the difference.
You seem not to know how vaccines work. ... but not in the sense the parent implied)
Hint: they basically work exact the smae way in an adult as in a child.
(Yes, I simplified as there are indeed variations between race, gender and age
Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
How about a child, who is now 16 years old, that has autism due to the MMR vaccine? Yes, you read that right. I'll write it again for all you deniers AUTISM CAUSED BY THE MMR VACCINE at age 18 months. Until you've had to raise a vaccine injured autistic child, do not tell me about the safety or effectiveness of modern vaccines. I hope someday vaccine injury will be fully understood. Until that day, do not force this issue. Some of us are willing to go to war and will.
Thank you for calling your French government office, press 1 for Islamic; press 2 to surrender; press 3 for an operator... in India.
The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.
Chicken pox is not a concern for children. No one had a vaccine for it when I was a kid and everyone caught it and it was sort of normal. Chicken pox is mostly a concern for adults where the symptoms are much worse.
When people mention vaccines and how they help children, it's about the SERIOUS diseases! Ie, measles can be fatal. Bringing up the minor stuff just puts you into the anti-vaxx hysteria camp.