"Sick Privilege

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Thank you Freedom Hawk, for taking the stand for all the world to see why pure Libertarianism is horrendous and does not work in reality. The government is not always perfect, but preventing and prosecuting child abuse and child endangerment is something that it should take under its wing. Anti-Vaxxers clearly put their children at a probablisticly greater rate of death or disability, and it is a relatively easy thing for the government to check for.

"THE GREATER GOOD" is an equally valid, if not superior argument in favor of mandating vaccines that don't have a medical conflict. A fundamental obligation of government is to provide for the security and well being of its citizens. This is often interpreted in a militaristic context, but disease also falls under its purview. This is why we establish entities like the CDC to do research and propose policy recommendations. Citizens refusing vaccines prevent the eradication of deadly diseases and weaken herd immunity.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Oh come on Snowstalker, this is dumb even by your standards.

honestly i agree with him in this case. refusing to vaccinate your children definitely falls under the umbrella of child abuse.

Look, I'm not saying that's the right thing to do, but it's not like every child who doesn't get vaccinated is going to catch smallpox and die. As long as it's only 2-5% of the population that asks for exemption, it's really a non-issue and certainly doesn't warrant this hyperbolic language.

There are states in the US at the threshold for loosing their herd immunity to highly communicable diseases like measles. This is an issue and these parents are culpable for putting their children and other people at risk.