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"it doesn't work very well" for the purpose of ensuring the absolute optimal immunity, but it does work very well for ensuring the absolute optimal individual l

"it doesn't work very well" for the purpose of ensuring the absolute optimal immunity, but it does work very well for ensuring the absolute optimal individual liberty. I vaccinate, always, and I am hopeful that other people will too, but I absolutely do not want to force people to do what everyone else thinks is best for them, because then, where does it stop? How far might we go in the pursuit of perfect immunity? Some contagions have no vaccine, will we require masks at all times? Will we criminalize handshakes? At some point, the benefit of immunity is outweighed by what you have to pay for it. I guess I sound like an antivaxxer here. I probably sound like a Nazi elsewhere. All I am though, is pro-liberty.

lotsofpulp 9y ago
Except we live in a world with others, and some of our actions affect others. It's a nice sound bite to say you're "pro-liberty" or freedom or whatever nonsense, but I'm sure you're not "pro-liberty" when it comes to performing obscene acts in public where your children can see them. Issues in life are not simple binary choices. We have to think about balancing individual goals, societal goals, national goals, and global goals. I'm of the opinion that we should err on the side of individual liberty, but when the evidence is so overwhelmingly positive to be pro vaccine, then obvoiously we might have to re-arrange our priorities.