Making a projection
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nwhikerMaking a projection on a potential three-prong strategy the 🤮 administration might use to effectively ban vaccines without fully banning them.
1. What they've already said they'll do: refuse to send any federal dollars to schools/districts that require vaccines. This would probably be very effective.
2. Defund/shut down the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
3. Remove the vaccine manufacturer liability exemption. Childhood vaccines aren't profitable and without this shield I expect many manufacturers would not continue to product childhood vaccines. This could lead to shortages.
And remember, people. Measles has an R0 -remember R0 from the early Covid days?- of something like 12. That shit spreads like nothing else.
Oh hai, Polio. No, we didn't miss you. You either, Diphtheria. Pertussis, you've been around a little bit more each year, I expect to see a lot more of you. Oh hello Mumps. You, otoh, I'm happy to see. Go after Magat gonads, please. Smallpox, where are you? Oh wait. No animal reservoir, and you were eradicated a long time ago. Absent Vladimir releasing you into the wild, we won't be seeing you again.
1. What they've already said they'll do: refuse to send any federal dollars to schools/districts that require vaccines. This would probably be very effective.
2. Defund/shut down the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
3. Remove the vaccine manufacturer liability exemption. Childhood vaccines aren't profitable and without this shield I expect many manufacturers would not continue to product childhood vaccines. This could lead to shortages.
And remember, people. Measles has an R0 -remember R0 from the early Covid days?- of something like 12. That shit spreads like nothing else.
Oh hai, Polio. No, we didn't miss you. You either, Diphtheria. Pertussis, you've been around a little bit more each year, I expect to see a lot more of you. Oh hello Mumps. You, otoh, I'm happy to see. Go after Magat gonads, please. Smallpox, where are you? Oh wait. No animal reservoir, and you were eradicated a long time ago. Absent Vladimir releasing you into the wild, we won't be seeing you again.
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