RE: Abstaining from Vaccination should NOT be a right
February 25, 2012 at 7:29 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2012 at 7:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
And the carrier is doing what, exactly? Potentially infecting some people to suit their ideals.
As I said, I do understand. This is a place where ideology and practicality can clash hard. I'm a big fan of preserving ideology in the face of opposition but this particular opposition, infectious disease, is too much heat for ideaology, imo. If we're going to argue for the right to go un-vaccinated we must accept that we are at the very least, enablers of whatever the consequences may be. We can't say "I'm for everyone's rights (specifically this one) but against the possible outcomes of choosing ideology over practicality in this instance simultaneously". Well, obviously we can, but it's irritating to no end. A government mandate is not a bad idea just because the government mandates it. It actually has to be a bad idea, which vaccination is not.
As I said, I do understand. This is a place where ideology and practicality can clash hard. I'm a big fan of preserving ideology in the face of opposition but this particular opposition, infectious disease, is too much heat for ideaology, imo. If we're going to argue for the right to go un-vaccinated we must accept that we are at the very least, enablers of whatever the consequences may be. We can't say "I'm for everyone's rights (specifically this one) but against the possible outcomes of choosing ideology over practicality in this instance simultaneously". Well, obviously we can, but it's irritating to no end. A government mandate is not a bad idea just because the government mandates it. It actually has to be a bad idea, which vaccination is not.
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