The so-called “anti-vaxxer” movement is one where parents choose not to have their children vaccinated due to the supposed risks involved. But with a measles outbreak spreading quickly across Europe, the German government announced that it will be fining parents who don’t have their children vaccinated, new reports claimed earlier in the week.
According to Vice, the new German law will go into effect on June 1, and will require kindergartens to report parents who deliberately disregard their doctor’s advice that their children be vaccinated. Parents found in violation of this upcoming law may be fined up to 2,500 euros, or about $2,800 in U.S. currency.
In a statement made to the Bild newspaper, German health minister Hermann Groehe underscored the importance of the law, what with anti-vaxxer parents still prevalent despite the potentially fatal nature of certain childhood diseases.
“Nobody can be indifferent to the fact that people are still dying of measles. That’s why we are tightening up regulations on vaccination.”
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