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US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations (www.theguardian.com)

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The current ACIP members “clearly see even the act of recommending a vaccine, which is the charge of the committee for the last 60 years, as infringing on parental freedom”, Schwartz said. That’s akin to suggesting that the dietary guidelines issued last week infringe on the freedom to choose which food to eat, he said.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well, society has a good run anyway.

Can’t wait for all the new preventable diseases to cripple the young and old alike.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"You have it easy these days kid, my parents had to fight off crippling diseases you have never even heard of."

"I have dad, the guy you voted for brought them back!!?!"

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I'm sure I'm not the first to have this realization, but it suddenly just occurred to me:
Our forefathers' predecessors took over this country and destroyed many native nations via disease, such as smallpox. And here we are, defeating ourselves in return with our own diseases.