'Killing kids to own the libs': Americans horrified after Tennessee shuts down all child vaccination

[comradebillyboy]

'Killing kids to own the libs': Americans horrified after Tennessee shuts down all child vaccination programs

Tennessee Republicans' war against childhood vaccinations reached a new level on Tuesday after Tennessean reported that the state's health department "will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers."

The halt to child vaccine programs comes just one day after Tennessee's top vaccine official was fired for what she claimed were her efforts to promote COVID-19 vaccinations for teenagers.

That firing came weeks after Republican Tennessee State Rep. Scott Cepicky held a public hearing in which he attacked the department for making fliers encouraging "impressionable" teens to get vaccinated.

https://www.rawstory.com/vaccine-tennessee/

[bearsfootball516]

1. "Pro-life"

[Joinfortmill]

2. This should be a crime.

[Hortensis]

56. Sure, outreach only to parents versus directly to adolescents has been

controversial ideologically for a long time. Some may feel that not allowing adolescents to make health decisions is a moral crime, but criminalizing it might be problematic. After all, who'd be arrested and by whom? The state officials who voted not to allow it, with the approval of many parents and other groups?

[XanaDUer2]

3. Republicans have devolved into serial killers nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

16. They have always been

A bunch of psychopaths,
narcissists and authoritarians.

They openly display what they've always been nowadays.

They have no compassion,empathy,or moral character.

They do not have the traits that make human beings humane.

They suck at being people.

They need to be put out of any place of power.

And I think candidates need to have sociopathy testing to make sure they never get power again.

You cannot run a government without compassion, morality or empathy.

Dark triad personalities are the biggest danger we face politically.

[TDale313]

4. wtaf?!? n/t

[KentuckyWoman]

41. +1

I have list count of how many times today that has gone through my mind

[Calculating]

5. They're a literal death cult

The republican party has become something ugly and soulless.

[Me.]

6. Will This Stop Parents From Voting For THem?

who's more impotant ...their children or TFG

[elleng]

7. The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes

and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.[1] The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught evolution, but he incriminated himself deliberately so the case could have a defendant.[2][3]

Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 (equivalent to $1,500 in 2020), but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate and former Secretary of State, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow served as the defense attorney for Scopes. The trial publicized the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy, which set Modernists, who said evolution was not inconsistent with religion,[4] against Fundamentalists, who said the Word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen both as a theological contest and as a trial on whether modern science should be taught in schools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial

[AZ8theist]

24. The evangelicals are still fighting this today..

Rejection of science in favor of woo.

It is literally killing children right now.

[elleng]

26. Yes, killing children and damaging the nation,

opting for ignorance.

[AZ8theist]

27. "Inheret the Wind" was an entertaining depiction..

..of the trial.
Not very accurate, but entertaining nonetheless.

[RainCaster]

8. Isn't that McTurtle's home state?

It must be so proud.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. That's Kentucky IIRC ... (nt)

[RainCaster]

14. Oops-thanks for the correction. nt

[3catwoman3]

12. Marsha Blackburn.

Marsha Stupidburn.

[paleotn]

22. The wicked witch of Williamson county.

[niyad]

40. Please do not insult witches like that. Se has NOTHING to do with the Craft of the Wise.

[paleotn]

44. My apologies.

[niyad]

47. Thank you.

[11 Bravo]

13. Equally crappy, just not as powerful or effective - Rand Paul and Marsh Blackburn.

[rurallib]

18. He was born in Alabama

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. Shutting down adolescent vaccine outreach is quite different from 'shutting down

all child vaccination programs'

It's of course still deplorable but nowhere near as bad as the click-bait headline presents the matter

Apart from CV19 the most common 'teen vaccine' would be the HPV one.

Just saying.

[Ilsa]

51. Meningococcal vaxes, also. nt

[crickets]

52. Another article posted on DU earlier today published a statement from Dr. Michelle Fiscus

about the extent of the TN DOH reaction that included her firing:

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/health/2021/07/12/covid-19-tennessee-fired-vaccine-official-michelle-fiscus-fears-state/7945291002/

What’s more is that the leadership of the Tennessee Department of Health has reacted to the sabre rattling from the Government Operations Committee by halting ALL vaccination outreach for children. Not just COVID-19 vaccine outreach for teens, but ALL communications around vaccines of any kind. No back-to-school messaging to the more than 30,000 parents who did not get their children measles vaccines last year due to the pandemic. No messaging around human papilloma virus vaccine to the residents of the state with one of the highest HPV cancer rates in the country. No observation of National Immunization Awareness Month in August. No reminders to the parents of teens who are late in receiving their second COVID-19 vaccine. THIS is a failure of public health to protect the people of Tennessee and THAT is what is “reprehensible”. When the people elected and appointed to lead this state put their political gains ahead of the public good, they have betrayed the people who have trusted them with their lives.

True, the vaccines are still available, but the informational outreach programs that reminded parents to see that their children of any age are vaccinated on time for anything -- gone. That is a big deal, and a huge failure on the part of TN DOH. Also true is that the Raw Story article sensationalized more than it informed.

[sheshe2]

11. Yes...and add it to this new report:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142768808

10 children on life support as Mississippi sees surge in delta variant cases

Tennessee and Mississippi, lowest vacs rates are now killing off their own children.

[PortTack]

31. Saw that..and it just makes me sick! Regardless of laws parents should do everything they can to

Get their kids vaccinated.

ABC featured one of the families and the child in medical coma is now in real failure!

[sheshe2]

34. Do you know how old the children are?

It wasn't in the articles I read.

So heartbreaking.

[underpants]

15. All vaccine programs? ALL OF THEM?

Good God!

[Botany]

17. You know the chilhood diseases one of which might have caused Helen Keller to go deaf and blind.

[sheshe2]

36. Scarlet Fever was one possibility.

I had that when I was 5 years old, in the 50's.

I was quarantined in my house for a month. Dr and mom the only ones that were allowed in. Yes, back when doctors paid house calls. My baby brother sent to my aunts house.

[Botany]

45. I think Ms Keller's childhood disease was measles ...

... but they aren't really sure what it was.

[sheshe2]

46. She beat the odds though.

She did great things.

[Javaman]

19. and just think, we were so close to eradicating measles and chicken pox back in 2000

then that asshole wakefield fucked it all.

now "childhood" diseases will explode in this nation as other moron red states run with this idea.

one would think this virus would have clued people in but no. it will now take a fucking plague to get people to change their minds.

measles and chicken pox are horrible diseases and these idiots are letting the tenn. gov play russian roulette with their kids lives.

wait till one of these moron adults get a scorching case of shingles, they will change their tunes very quickly.

fucking idiots.

[UpInArms]

20. The GQP is the Pro Death party

My disgust for them grows daily

[paleotn]

21. Reason number 542 why I....

left my ole home state and never looked back.

[Traildogbob]

23. On the bright side

Republican spawn will die for generations to come. “Sarcasm”
We all become vulnerable, can measles, small pox, polio et al mutate?
Damn it God, call your people home. Start with your second favorite son, the Donald.

[Initech]

25. This "owning the libs" shit has got to stop.

These idiots aren't "owning" anyone. Seriously, grow up conservatives.

[bringthePaine]

28. no surprise - "christianity" is based on "child" sacrifice

[YoshidaYui]

29. Yup I was right...

Republicans Are Assholes... why don't they just change the name of the party to ..."We're a bunch of Assholes who want a dictator in this country " party ?? because they are??

[Diraven]

30. This whole thing is getting absurd

Vaccines weren't a polarizing political issue until TFG decided that COVID denial was the best way keep the good economy going to help his reelection. See how that turned out: 600k+ Americans dead, the economy tanked anyway, and TFG lost the election. All because they still can't admit that TFG (and consequently they, for believing him) might have been wrong.

[Chicago1980]

32. Love the fetus... Hate the child...

Republicans have never cared about the kids, only women's vaginas.

Another reason not to live in a red state.

[AllaN01Bear]

35. the rqwstfg lovers always wanted to own the libs and the commies and the pinko pigs .

now this is gettin downright low and dangerous.

[lindysalsagal]

37. Eff the kids: they don't vote.

That's the brutal GQP philosophy.

[DallasNE]

38. Dumbasses Everywhere You Look

The impressionable adolescents are under the control of the parents/guardian. They can’t just go to the corner drugstore and get a shot. Some family values this is. Protect the unborn in all circumstances but take away all protections once they are born. Sick.

[Blue Owl]

39. Ah, back to the days of child sacrifices

USA! USA! Make America Great Again!

[hadEnuf]

42. These Republicans are deranged monsters.

Purposely obscuring information and access to potentially life-saving vaccines for political gain with the nutcase crowd?

These monsters need to be stopped.

[EndlessWire]

43. What's wrong with these people?

What is wrong with them?? My family originated in Tennessee, and I have relatives there still. But, you just gotta ask yourself, is it the water??

Dunno about TN, but here in California you have to show MMR vaccination or a blood titer in order to work in a hospital. It's part of your documentation, as important as your license. Man, where can you go to live nowadays that isn't filled with idiots?

And, why is it that the cream of the idiot crop always rise to hold power over other, normal people? Because we are not politicians, busy raising families, working on careers, and we looked away for one tenth of a second?? My goodness, surely they can't mean they will not vaccinate against childhood diseases? They can't mean that.

[moondust]

48. Sabotaging public health

should be a crime.

[lame54]

49. State line

[Ilsa]

50. A meningitis outbreak will painfully kill

many teens, or cause them to need amputations. Parents will want to take their kids out of state to see other pediatricians if TN ties their hands in state.


Also, this affects HPV vaccinations of 12 year old girls.

[Volaris]

53. Well THOSE schools aren't gonna reopen in sept.

We will see how long that lasts when parents come face to face with another year of (otherwise unnecessary) distance learning lol!

[dickthegrouch]

54. Time to quarantine Tennessee

Are there any Federal regulations or requirements for being a State?
Can we have the current administration write some if not?
Can federal funds be withheld until they rescind the policy?

I seem to remember substantial funds being withheld to force both speed limits, and 21 as a drinking age.

[alterfurz]

55. "Against stupidity, even the gods themselves fight in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. — Margaret Atwood

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Sick fucks!!