***UPDATE*** – NSW HAS NOW APPROVED THE VACCINATION LAWS! – $4000 fines apply for centres that refuse.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/big-win-for-no-jab-no-play-as-nsw-state-cabinet-approves-tough-new-vaccination-laws/story-e6frfkp9-1226652581582
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Note from Ethan: Welcome to the Nanny State on steroids!
Childcare centres should have the right to ban unvaccinated kids from childcare centres and preschools under a proposed “no jab, no play” policy.
The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph are today launching a campaign to stop the rise in the number of children succumbing to preventable diseases because parents are failing to have them fully immunised.
Although only 1.5 per cent of parents are “vaccine refusers” or conscientious objectors, many parents are forgetful, leaving areas of NSW with vaccination rates below 85 per cent – despite the inarguable scientific proof that the vaccination program has saved thousands of lives and eradicated diseases that crippled children just a generation ago, including polio.
Despite effective vaccines, Australia has been unable to eradicate diseases such as whooping cough because some parents do not immunise, leaving small babies and children with cancer and other immune-compromising conditions vulnerable.
The eastern suburbs, inner Sydney, Manly and the north shore now record the lowest rates of immunisation in the city with an estimated 77,000 children not fully immunised.
The Australian Medical Association believes tougher measures – potentially including bans for non-immunised children – should be introduced to make life harder for “free-riding” parents who refuse or forget to vaccinate.
“We need to lift the barriers, we need people to make an active decision to immunise because we have a responsibility to our children to protect them, and a responsibility to the community to contribute to herd immunity,” Dr Steve Hambleton said.
A child will die of measles – a preventable disease – in the near future if another outbreak occurs and the immunisation rate remains below 95 per cent, Dr Hambleton warned.
He wants childcare centres to be more vigilant with checking immunisation certificates. “Sadly we will see a death,” he said. “The free-riders will actually cause a disease to occur in vaccinated children whose parents did the responsible thing.”
Under current laws, daycares and schools cannot refuse non-immunised children entry. These children can be temporarily excluded only if there is an outbreak of a communicable disease, NSW Health’s director of health protection Dr Jeremy McAnulty said.
The campaign has two specific aims: first, to demand the NSW government amend the Public Health Act 2010 to allow childcare centres to ban unvaccinated children if they so wish.
Second, for the federal government to close a loophole enabling parents to claim they are “conscientious objectors” to avoid the rule that only vaccinated children are eligible for the 50 per cent childcare rebate.
NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner said the government had no plans to toughen laws. “Additional measures could be considered in future to maximise rates of vaccination in children, however the NSW government has no current plans to legislate compulsory immunisation,” she said.
The federal government instituted financial penalties in July with the new Family Tax Benefit A supplement of $726 reliant on a child being fully immunised. But the carrot-and-stick approach does not affect wealthy parents in the identified areas who do not qualify for the benefit.
Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has replaced the term “conscientious objectors” in government communications with “vaccine refusers”. There is also a move to make the same change in legislation.
Ms Plibersek rubbished fear campaigns about the risks of immunisation.
“As a mother of three, I support immunisation and my children are fully immunised,” she said.
“No vaccine or medicine can be guaranteed to be without side-effects, but these are infrequent and in the main are very mild.
“The alleged link between autism and immunisation has been disproved. It is absolutely 100 per cent not true. Unfounded allegations regarding adverse events from vaccines lead to downturns in immunisation rates and outbreak of disease.”
Its definitely time the health authorities took a firm stand on this issue. All these hipster yuppie refusers will be the death of our children. Its already started in the UK, with measles making a comeback.
There was over 500 cases in the UK between 2012 – 2013 amongst a population of over 62 million. The percentage is very small considering your statement is very broad to blame antivaxxers when the UK have people from developing countries constantly travelling to and from the UK who may never have been vaccinated including adults.
According to John Hopkins…If you ” have recently had a live vaccine (chicken pox, measles, rubella) AVOID CONTACT WITH CHILDREN.” THE VIRUS SPREADS THROUGH VACCINATED CHILDREN/ADULTS CALLED SHEDDING! Now I understand…when anti vaxers say…Keep your diseased, vaccinated children away from mine LOL Doesn’t that make sense now? The Hippie Yuppie refusers may be on to something that the rest of us have been duped into believing. The info. is in our face, but we tend to go with the flow and don’t seem to ask questions before we “jab” our babies with toxins know to cause irreversible side effects.
ALWAYS, & STILL AMAZED, @ the ‘CONfidence’ that ‘Jabbed Folks’ have in THEIR ‘Vaccine Protections’! As in ; “The free-riders will actually cause a disease to occur in vaccinated children whose parents did the responsible thing.” – ‘CAUSE’ a Disease in ‘VACCINATED’ children–‘ DOESN’T their ‘Jab’ give them ‘Protection’ then?
& Still, 7 YEARS on – ‘Jabbed’ = ILLogical, INeffective, – & Incapable of reading a ‘Product’ Material Safety Data Sheet, direct from the ‘Manufacturing company’. Add U.N.safe to the List’
Sunday & Daily Telegraph – How UNsurprising! Is their ‘Advertising Budget’ Under ‘Threat’?
Wellness
Vaccine injuries are more common than you all think. Autism has increased exponentially and continues to climb. It is predicted that one in two children will have autism by 2025. Merck committed fraud in it’s studies that showed there was no link between vaccination and autism. This case is in court now and it will come out that vaccines do indeed cause autism. Do not be blinded by the media and propaganda. Protect your children. Vaccines cause many health problems, including asthma, ear infections, add/ adhd, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and autism. There have been no studies that prove the current vaccination schedule is safe and never had a vaccine been proven to be efficacious. Vaccines are a dangerous philosophy that keep us all under the thumb of the pharmaceutical industry. They create more patients for the medical industry. And the help governments keep the people controlled by keeping them sick and weak. Say no to propaganda and poison.