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Mandatory school vaccination is pretty common in most liberal democracies, no? Is this really a new idea?

• BlargMcLarg 6y ago
  The idea itself isn't new, though it does open two big questions in the context of the EU. For individual countries and citizens, do we really want the EU making these kind of decisions as what appears almost out of the blue? The EU isn't exactly lacking in criticism. Can we truly accept "higher forces" making this decision without running it through the people? A vaccine may be a minor thing, and obligatory vaccination was likely to be accepted anyway. But what if something much bigger and much more intrusive is going to be decided that the public just "has to deal with"? As someone from the EU, I can't with full confidence say the EU has been transparent in their actions or reasoning. These are people with immense powers deciding the outcomes of lives. I do need transparency that in whatever period of time, with all the rather intrusive technology coming out, they won't pull any weird stunts. This doesn't help making their case.
• cxbates 6y ago
  When the vaccines had been tested properly over a long period of time, like the polio one.
  • yokaze 6y ago
    Or the Smallpox in 1905? https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-supreme-court https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-supreme-court
• slumdev 6y ago
  It is not. Almost all of them allow religious, conscience, and medical exemptions. Only the most totalitarian regimes don't allow exemptions.