Italian politician who opposed making chickenpox vaccinations mandatory gets chickenpox

[riversedge]

Source: the hill





By Tal Axelrod - 03/19/19 07:53 PM EDT


An Italian politician known for his vocal opposition to a new law mandating that school-aged children get immunized against several diseases, including chickenpox, has come down with the chickenpox.

Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the far-right League party, was placed under observation for four days last week after contracting the disease, according to local news outlets.

Fedriga was a chief detractor of the so-called Lorenzin law, which would make it required for school-aged children to get immunized to chickenpox, measles, polio and more. Parents who do not comply can be fined up to $560 for sending their unvaccinated children to school and kindergartens and pre-schools have the option of turning away children under six years old who haven’t had the necessary immunizations.

The Italian politician claimed in a Facebook post he is not an “anti-vaxxer” and has vaccinated his children.


Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/434838-italian-politician-who-opposed-making-chickenpox-vaccinations

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I believe it has to be mandatory==unless there is a valid medical reason to not get a vaccination.

[SunSeeker]

1. Sadly predictable result of his anti-vaxx stupidity. nt

[DURHAM D]

2. Hope he gets shingles next. nt

[radical noodle]

15. I was about to say just that

but you beat me to it.

[lagomorph777]

21. Ditto!

[erronis]

3. While we can hope the anti-vaxxers suffer from their anti-science views, they also make the rest

of us suffer and perhaps die.

We could say that ignorance kills, but this is willful ignorance. It's murderous.

[rpannier]

4. Sad he already has children

I was hoping it would make him sterile and he'd never have any children to carry on his legacy

On the bright side we can come up with a term using his name. A few examples
1. Dumb as Fedriga
2. Sterile as Fedriga (I hope)
3. Fedrigan (meaning moron)

[Massacure]

14. And he claims to have vaccinated his children

Supporting vaccination is not the same as supporting mandatory vaccination and opposing vaccination is not the same as opposing mandatory vaccination.

That being said, I still find it ironic that he came down with the chicken pox.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Karma

[pazzyanne]

10. Karma,

isn't it great!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Brilliant!!

[keithbvadu2]

7. Here is a personal story on why Chicken Pox vaccinations are so important. From a previous forum

Here is a personal story on why Chicken Pox vaccinations are so important.

From a previous forum

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142287050

There is good reason for the vaccine. It's not only children who are affected by this.

I never had Chickenpox as a child. In 1990, my young son got chickenpox. This was about 5 years before we had a vaccine for it here in the US. He ran through it in record time, with no problems. Two weeks to the day after his outbreak, I also broke out with chickenpox. I was 30 years old at the time. It was horrible. Those little sores you see on a kid had nothing on me. I was covered with blisters from head to toe. They were everywhere on my body. Yes, even there. Anywhere you can possibly imagine. Then came the real bad stuff. The chills. The aches and burning pain. The double vision. The constant fever. The swelling. The itching.

I called my doctor at the first signs. He told me a few things to do and watch for. He told me that this was more dangerous for anyone past the age of puberty. He had me calling him every 4 hours 'round the clock to see how I was doing. At one point, I forgot to call, and he called me. He always wanted to know my temperature, what I was feeling, etc. From start to finish, this crap took three weeks of my life. The first week and a half was the hardest. When it was all over, my Doc had me in to his office to check me out, as I was no longer a threat to anyone else. Things turned out OK, but he shook me with one comment. He told me that I was just one of those phone calls away from having an ambulance sent to get me. Had my fever not broken, I was facing possible death. He also told me that I was now at great risk of getting Shingles in my life. So far, so good.

So, to the anti-vaxxers I say this: Fuck your personal beliefs. You are but one of 7 billion. The rest of us want to live the healthiest lives we can.

[DRoseDARs]

9. I had chickenpox as a child, first and so fr only shingles episode at 30 or 31. Stress-triggered. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. At first sign of shingles, get Zoster anti-virus medication. Very effective.

I got shingles a few years ago (later in life). Within hours of noticing first bump on my hand, I knew what it was. Went to clinic next day, got anti-virus (7 day course) and knocked it right down. No relapse since.

[DRoseDARs]

19. My doctor said that's only if you're diagnosed early enough. Was too late for me in that flare-up.

Perhaps if there's a next time I'll be able to do that. As it stands, I have no health insurance at all since November (lost my full-time job and then Medicaid decided to play games with me; I'm not getting into before anyone asks) and probably SoL for this year.

[forgotmylogin]

11. That's amazing. It's incredible these diseases used to invariably kill people.

The antivaxxers are like "Kid gets a couple of lesions and stays home for a week! What's the big deal?"

That's the big deal! If it were just a week of staying home from school consistently, it wouldn't be necessary to eradicate this disease.

[riversedge]

12. thanks for post.

[iluvtennis]

8. Glad he got chicken pox.. may he scrarch himself into oblivion

[Journeyman]

13. A dangerous disease for adults. Pneumonia, encephalitis, meningitis -- just some of the potential...

complications he could develop.

I hope he gets well fast with no permanent harm, and that he learns something useful from his experience.

[Lithos]

16. I believe it has to be mandatoryunless there is a valid medical reason to not get a vaccination.

Agree!!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. Gee, I hope it doesn't become shingles in later life.

Or something.

[McCamy Taylor]

20. Unvaccinated adults are the real threat. Adults lose their immunity and do not get boosters.

If we want to get serious about vaccination, we need to require that adults do it, too.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

22. I say

"Giustizia poetica."