Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US

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https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-whooping-cough-rfk-measles-exemptions-covid-27dae6f61505ef1953ca869a78c71942

Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US
By SUSAN HAIGH and DEVI SHASTRI
Updated 8:56 AM CST, January 27, 2025

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

Many see a political opportunity to rewrite policies in their states after President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s nomination as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency oversees virtually every aspect of vaccination efforts in the U.S., from funding their development to establishing recommendations for medical providers to distributing vaccines and covering them through federal programs.

Childhood vaccination rates against dangerous infections like measles and polio continue to fall nationwide, and the number of parents claiming non-medical exemptions so their kids don’t get required shots is rising.

In 2024, whooping cough cases reached a decade-high and 16 measles outbreaks, the largest among them in Chicago and Minnesota, put health officials on edge. Most states are below the 95% vaccination threshold for kindergartners — the level needed to protect communities against measles outbreaks.

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The death cult can't wait to kill and cripple children

[Passages]

1. American decline doesn't even begin to describe this.

[Walleye]

2. They would rather die in ignorance than live in enlightenment. Or kill their children.

[Rebl2]

3. There is

an out of tuberculosis in Kansas City, KS right now. Last I heard there were 70 cases.

[Historic NY]

4. Dark Ages of disease and death

[Buckeyeblue]

5. How can you have a religious objection to vaccinations?

Where in the bible is such a thing addressed?

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6. Die, antivaxxers, die.