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Rwanda forcibly vaccinating people against COVID, victims say
- nrgth 5y ago
- lofatdairy 5y agoThis sort of mirrors the early history of public vaccination initiatives in the United States for smallpox [1]. Generally, poor and racial minorities were targeted back then, so you even had activists who were anti-vaccinations for anti-racist reasons (Behind the Bastards did a decent episode on it [2], based on the same book the NPR article is based on). [1]https://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135121451/how-the-pox-epidemic-changed-vaccination-rules https://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135121451/how-the-pox-epidemi... [2]https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-birth-of-the-30580537/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236...
- macilacilove 5y agoIf the prion protein was discovered a few decades earlier, a certain Austrian dictator could have used this method to kill much more with much less of the hassle. Think a specific vaccine fore each "race".
- hogrider 5y agoGood for them. If theres a clearly bad choice that hurts all of society you need to remove any choice in the matter.
- peteradio 5y agoYour authority may have lost it's science blanket: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e1.htm?s_cid=mm7104e1_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e1.htm?s_cid=mm...
- nojokes 5y agoI do not support forced actions like this but you appear to cite a source that is confirming that vaccines are effective.