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Requiring people to vaccinate is a power that’s been granted to governments for 100 years by the US supreme court. It is a very long-standing precedent, for ext
by mrtesthah 5y ago
Requiring people to vaccinate is a power that’s been granted to governments for 100 years by the US supreme court. It is a very long-standing precedent, for extremely good reason.
- alasdair_ 5y agoWhich governments have the power to require vaccinations?
- mrtesthah 5y agoState governments. >A state may enact a compulsory vaccination law, since the legislature has the discretion to decide whether vaccination is the best way to prevent smallpox and protect public health. Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/