You're Still An Asshole, Lady

[Ravenshire]

---

Again, I haven't made up my mind on this issue.  But here is something I have thought about that you may not have considered.  A vaccination is a body modification.  It modifies a human being's immune system.  Does the state have the right to require anyone to modify their bodies?  Could the state for instance, randomly select 10 percent of all males and force-ably sterilize them in order to control population?  Some would say no, that a person's body is sacrosanct and no one else has any business over it.  If a terrorist release small pox virus, would you want to force everyone to get the vaccine or would you accept the "my body my choice" argument?

Why is it okay for a complete stranger to "modify my body" in a potentially fatal manner, but not okay for government to require its "modification" in schoolkids in order to preclude the fatal outcome of the complete stranger's ignorance?

---

The school district has a responsibility to all kids in attendance. If antivax parents want the benefits of a public school system, they need to be considerate of the public attending it.

(emphasis is mine)

This! Sooooo much, this.

And, before anybody pops off with "all those kids are vaccinated anyway so what's the big deal?"

There are plenty of kids who have valid medical reasons (immune-compromised, allergic to the vaccine, etc...) for not being immunized. The anti-vaxer bullshit artists put these kids at risk.