3 ms·
We live in a society that operates under a set of laws, including entrusting public officials and experts to make decisions on our behalf. Not all the laws are
by pcurve 5y ago
We live in a society that operates under a set of laws, including entrusting public officials and experts to make decisions on our behalf.
Not all the laws are going to be popular. I'm sure not everybody is thrilled about schools requiring all children be vaccinated. People can object to it and express concerns about, and you can even try to change it through legislation. But the majority will prevail.
Regarding your statement: "You might make the argument that anti-vaxxers are endangering others' health by being out in public without a vaccine, but that's only a claim." It's a claim backed by stats. On an individual level, it may be discriminatory to accuse an anti-vaxxer of endangering others without specific proof. But in aggregate, unvaccinated people are more likely to be infected and also spreading disease unknowingly. At least until the Delta variant came along, and now the officials have revised guidelines to ensure everyone wears mask.
Do I think it was premature to let vaccinated people go without mask? Sure. It wasn't my call. But nobody has a crystal balls into the future. So we adapt.
In the long run, operating this fashion has served us well.
- swader999 5y agoRight, and the check against these laws becoming unjust is the constitution.