It has happened again. It has happened again. Between 1999 and 2000 the population of the so-called Dutch Biblical Belt, which is an area that crosses the country from one place to another and where most people are Calvinists, who they reject vaccines for religious reasons, suffered an outbreak of measles that affected 3,292 people, with 150 hospital admissions and whose biggest spot was the death of three children.
It has happened again because it has been declared that said anti-vaccine community is currently suffering from a new measles epidemic. At the moment 466 cases of affected children have been declared, although it is believed that there could be many more, because it is a type of population that does not always go to the doctor or notify the health authorities.
Now the RIVM (National Institute of Public Health) has launched a campaign to urgently vaccinate up to 6,000 babies between 6 and 14 months. Obviously, it is an informative campaign of voluntary compliance because there, as here in Spain, vaccines are optional.
They will hardly be vaccinated
If after an outbreak like that of the years 99 and 2000 the Calvinists still do not vaccinate their children it is clear that they will not do so now for an outbreak, apparently smaller. It is a confrontation between knowledge and faith, between science and beliefs, and nothing can be done when you consider that viruses and diseases are part of God's plan and that they are nothing but tests that God puts on children.
Doctors can rarely visit them, except if there are side effects of diseases that can be considered serious. For this reason, because they can see the most problematic cases, it is known that there are two cases of encephalitis and two cases of pneumonia. In addition, a child is very serious and five more are considered in serious condition.
And in 71 they suffered an epidemic of poliomyelitis
If we look further back, this community already has a few disease outbreaks because in 1971 he suffered an epidemic of poliomyelitis in which five children died and were left with sequels forty-four. It is clear that if they have not changed their mind after so many decades, they will not do so now.
The outbreak is not controlled
Since the majority of the population is not vaccinated and are therefore susceptible to infection (the risk of being infected without a vaccine is 224 times greater than with it) the marimorena is becoming involved in the country. Politicians argue that children should be vaccinated and vaccinated to prevent the disease from continuing to dissipate and continue to affect the population. Preachers, on the other hand, keep saying that "there is nothing above the Bible."
To date, as we have said, they have to win, because Vaccination is optional. However, there are many politicians who are beginning to suggest a change in legislation so that the state protects children from their parents' decisions. Contrary to them, RIVM professionals, who are preparing the more than 6,000 letters addressed to Calvinists with information about measles and the recommendation to vaccinate children, argue that in the rest of the country the vaccination rate is very high and that that success is, most likely, because vaccines are not mandatory, since if so, had the calendar been imposed, the rejection would surely have been greater.
It's a shame, but they serve as an argument in defense of vaccines
It is a shame, really, that they think that everything that happens is because God wants it that way, refusing to let doctors visit their children (unless it is serious) and refusing to vaccinate. However, having those beliefs and defending them with cape and sword helps those of us who believe that vaccines are a benefit for our children to have arguments. In the 21st century, with enough running water, electricity and hygiene, not vaccinating children puts them in risk of suffering from relatively serious diseases They can put their lives at risk.
