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'No jab no pay' possibly coming to the Netherlands—not vaccinating may mean you don't get child benefits

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  1. Tenar
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    Quick summary, since it's in Dutch, but I figure the article raises a point that's worth discussing. Someone from some public health institute is saying that the Netherlands should reduce the...

    Quick summary, since it's in Dutch, but I figure the article raises a point that's worth discussing. Someone from some public health institute is saying that the Netherlands should reduce the amount of Child Benefit (some amount you get from the gov't if you need financial aid, to help people get back to work and still be able to afford kids) if you don't vaccinate them (voluntarily), since it poses a public health risk and there's areas of the country where the vaccination rate is getting close to dropping below 90%, which is seen as a threshold for proper herd immunity. 'No jab no pay' is from Australia, where there's already a similar policy in place, and kindergartens are free to refuse kids that weren't vaccinated.

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    1. super_james
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      So long as enough people are vaccinated to maintain heard immunity it seems far less worrisome if the odd rich person pays a hefty fine for the privilege. It would be nice if the fines are scaled...

      So long as enough people are vaccinated to maintain heard immunity it seems far less worrisome if the odd rich person pays a hefty fine for the privilege. It would be nice if the fines are scaled on income & wealth of course.

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