Canada is below the required immunity threshold to sustain elimination. How did we get here?

  • Auzy@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    Not sure how it is in US, but here in Australia, vaccination is required for school now (No Jab, no Play).

    Maybe you guys need that.

    • Caaaaarrrrlll@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      It’s required in the USA, but parents can claim exemption under religious/faith reasons and still send their kid to school. They don’t even have to provide proof they go to church, just saying their belief does not permit them to and signing to that effect is enough. Separation of church and state, they turn a blind eye to it, even if it puts everyone else’s children in danger due to their lack of vaccination. The only other common exemption is medical, in the case someone is allergic to a vaccine, though that’s rarer.

      • explodicle@local106.com
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        9 months ago

        They don’t even have to provide proof they go to church

        The problem is all religious exemptions in general, not that their religious beliefs aren’t organized enough.

      • Tinidril@midwest.social
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        9 months ago

        Special privileges for religious people is the exact opposite of a separation of church and state.