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You cannot remove the burden to think for oneself from people. Fining people who give wrong advice sets a really dangerous precedent. What is wrong? Will we sta
by Kenji 9y ago
You cannot remove the burden to think for oneself from people. Fining people who give wrong advice sets a really dangerous precedent. What is wrong? Will we start fining climate change deniers? What about fining people who believe that certain antidepressants are dangerous? Etc.
EDIT: I wanna add to this that if you make things government-mandated and force it on people, you only give the conspiracy theorists more reason to be suspicious.
- akytt 9y agoSimple. You endanger yourself - be my guest. You endanger others, you suffer. The key role of government is to represent community interest and not vaccinating your kids is very clearly endangering others.
- tcj_phx 9y agoMeasles is one of the diseases that you only get once, then you're immune for the rest of your life. Some kids are killed by measles, which is why the vaccine is popular - it is difficult to predict which kids will have a difficult case of teh measles.
- baq 9y agoIt's worse. Some kids can't be vaccinated for whatever reasons. They piggyback on others. If you take the herd immunity from their society, you put them in grave danger.
- laughfactory 9y agoPlus, some outbreaks happen even in vaccinated communities. There aren't many people who are totally against vaccines. Most just recognize that hitting kids with the recommended onslaught of vaccines is associated with a higher percentage of kids suddenly mentally handicapped or dead or paralyzed. Vaccines are often beneficial, but they're not risk free.
- easilyBored 9y agoThe key role of government is to represent community interest and not vaccinating your kids is very clearly endangering others. Why hasn't the government made it mandatory then (IMO it should be) ?
- the_cat_kittles 9y agook, lets get rid of the ohsa, epa, fda, building codes in general, traffic laws, etc... "you cannot remove the burden to think for oneself" is a stupidly simple response. people have a finite amount of decision making resources, and there are ways we can help... by enacting laws.
- tcj_phx 9y ago> What about fining people who believe that certain antidepressants are dangerous? Etc. There is no controversy about SSRIs' ability to provoke suicide ideation in people who take these drugs. http://ahrp.org/prozac-revisited-concerns-about-suicides-surface-boston-globe/ http://ahrp.org/prozac-revisited-concerns-about-suicides-sur... Commonly used psychiatric drugs are notorious for worsening patients' conditions.
- Kenji 9y agoAnother clear example of someone who did not comprehend my point, writing a message in disagreement when in fact it is precisely what I meant. Sigh... Interacting with other humans is difficult.