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I'm talking about inalienable human rights. You're talking about legal rights. There's a distinction here. And for what it's worth, I'm not concerned with lega

I'm talking about inalienable human rights. You're talking about legal rights. There's a distinction here. And for what it's worth, I'm not concerned with legality: lawyers can and will legally justify anything they want to. I'm 100% sure that your claim about the law is correct. I'm sure that various inhuman authoritarian laws are going to be tried in America over Covid-19 and legally upheld. Politicians, businesses trying to make big bucks, and moral busybodies will never let a good crisis go to waste. I'm concerned about morality. It is utterly reprehensible to force a human to inject something into his body against his will. No judge, law, legislature, vote, or disease changes that fact.

munk-a 5y ago
Infants receive medical care while being unable to personally consent to it and that is generally accepted - ditto for adults when they have reduced cognition for a variety of factors. I can't disagree that compelled vaccination may be personally immoral for you - but I don't think it's in any way viewed as unethical. It is accepted at a societal level even if some individuals will reject it - and, due to the widespread effects of this pandemic, I think the society we're contemplating to derive ethics here is the global one.