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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:13 pm
I wouldn't call it a concentration camp, because it's not: it's a quarantine, something that both federal and state governments in the US has been empowered to do for a very long time. If you want the right to not vaccinate then fine, you can have it. I'd like to see you argue that you also have the right to expose everyone else to the dangerous viral hotbox you're intent on turning your body into; no court in the world will uphold your right to knowingly infect others with deadly diseases.
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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Can we find a decent planet for rational people and move there? I have no problem leaving this one to those idiots and let them fuck up from a safe distance.
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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:21 pm
(February 6, 2015 at 4:13 pm)Esquilax Wrote: I wouldn't call it a concentration camp, because it's not: it's a quarantine, something that both federal and state governments in the US has been empowered to do for a very long time. If you want the right to not vaccinate then fine, you can have it. I'd like to see you argue that you also have the right to expose everyone else to the dangerous viral hotbox you're intent on turning your body into; no court in the world will uphold your right to knowingly infect others with deadly diseases.
Are you sure it's 'knowingly'? Seems likely that it's ignorantly.
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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:24 pm
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I'd say the risk to public health supercedes your "healing liberty". Want to take homeopathic water for your cancer? Fine. Want to use accupuncture instead of aspirin? Sure. Want to massage healing crystals rather than get prescription skin cream for your psoriasis? Knock yourself out.
But when you choose to not vaccinate your children, you're not only leaving them vulnerable, but you're actively affecting anyone around them, including the children of other couples, over whom you have no authority. One of the government's jobs is supposed to be public health and safety, and letting these whackjobs refuse to vaccinate is ludricrous and dangerous.
Your "healing liberty" stops at the phrase "highly contagious".
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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:27 pm
Guys I'm thinking about creating a poll to vote on legality regarding vaccination. What do you think?
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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:34 pm
(February 6, 2015 at 4:27 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Guys I'm thinking about creating a poll to vote on legality regarding vaccination. What do you think?
When I was in school in Massachusetts, the law required certain vaccinations or you could not attend. Is this not the case everywhere?
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RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 6, 2015 at 4:38 pm
(February 6, 2015 at 4:34 pm)Chas Wrote: (February 6, 2015 at 4:27 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Guys I'm thinking about creating a poll to vote on legality regarding vaccination. What do you think?
When I was in school in Massachusetts, the law required certain vaccinations or you could not attend. Is this not the case everywhere?
Most places have the same rules.....except you can opt out for "philosophical or religious" reasons.
Oddly enough, Mississippi is the best about vaccines, and they
don't let people opt out.
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