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It's not about rights, it's about public safety. I don't have an inherent natural human right to have people obey traffic laws, but they save lives and a major
by lsiebert 10y ago
It's not about rights, it's about public safety. I don't have an inherent natural human right to have people obey traffic laws, but they save lives and a majority of people support them. And more then 2/3s of parents in every state of the nation vaccinate their kids. It's the tiny minority of people who refuse to that fuck it up for the rest of us, much like people drinking and driving cause car crashes.
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/08/22/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-vaccination-rates/ http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/08/22/states-with-t...
- jdoliner 10y ago> It's not about rights Sorry, to me it is about rights and it should be to you as well. It is also very much about public safety to me, both are important. But to me forced procedures would be an unacceptable violation of rights not worth it for the public safety gains. I can understand the point of view that eroding those rights is worth the public safety gains. I cannot understand the point of view that this is not, on some level, about rights.
- astrodust 10y agoDriving licenses restrict rights because the alternative, anyone being allowed to drive anything, anywhere, in any condition, is utter chaos and would result in tens of millions of people dying from avoidable catastrophes. So long as people have a right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" then they must acknowledge that certain things must be done to protect that right. Mass vaccinations is one of those things.
- lsiebert 10y agoI guess I think rights go hand in hand with duties and responsibilities, including one's duty to other humans, and the responsibility of the government to act on behalf of the governed for the common welfare.