(April 11, 2015 at 11:57 am)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: When I first got enrolled in school (mid 70's), I could not attend class until it was proven that I was current on all vaccinations, period. There were a few allowable exemptions to that policy but they were hard to get and had to be backed up with documentation. That the states backed off on that policy is a huge failing.
What's that? You don't want to vaccinate your kids? Do you have a sound medical reason? No, christer scientism doesn't count. Neither does the bullshit autism claim. So, no sound medical reason then? Right. There a couple private schools that will still take your kids. What's that? Can't afford a private school? So sorry, but you're not putting your kids here.
Yes. There are some legitimate medical reasons for some people to not be vaccinated, and so their protection is only going to come from herd immunity. People with legitimate medical reasons should obviously not be vaccinated, but everyone else who goes out in public should be vaccinated, both for their own safety, and for the safety of others. This second thing, for the safety of others, is the reason why the public has a right to be interested in what a person does regarding this. If anti-vaccine idiots were only harming themselves, then, I think, they should have a right to do it. But they do not have a right to endanger everyone else, and so if they are going to interact with others, then they should get vaccinated.
I completely agree that the only exemption for public school ought to be a legitimate medical reason, not just that the parent is a fool who believes that vaccines are harmful. Any moron who is against vaccines ought to look up "polio" in an encyclopedia to get the idea for why it is that vaccines should be required.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
