Vaccination exemption in CA, personal down, medical up

[Catholic_Lady]

I agree Mermaid, that it's a civil duty. It's something people "ought" to do. But i dont think passing a law that forces everyone to be vaccinated, or that discriminates agasint these people in a big way, seems right either. Maybe there should be more focus on awareness and education so that this wouldn't be an issue to begin with.

I just wonder if sometimes this comes from a place of dislike towards people who believe vaccines may be harmful.... And so there's the desire to "punish" these people.

Anti vaxers tend to be either uber conservative, "all natural" hippie types, anti science, or from some sort of strict religion that forbids vaccines. I know there exists prejudice against people in those groups to begin with, even independent from vaccines.

Im not gonna lie... sometimes I feel like outrage towards people who choose not to vaccinate their kids comes from downright dislike of certain types of people rather than genuine concern for the well being of others. Not saying that's you, mermaid, you seem very reasonable and objective in your opinion. But some others... I just gotta wonder.