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At 7, I don't believe I consented to the mosquitos or the shots.

• therein 2y ago
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  • wizzwizz4 2y ago
    It's only a mystery if you choose to remain ignorant of it. We are having a discussion on the largest information-sharing system in the history of our species: not all information is available online, but a lot is!
    • therein 2y ago
      My god what a simple take. Information Superhighway saves the day, yes. The future is now, information at our fingertips lest you choose to remain ignorant. I'd love to have the innocence that you have. A world where nobody has any ulterior motives.
  • dekhn 2y ago
    They did- people bitten by a mosquito do receive some amount of blood from previous individuals.
• theultdev 2y ago
  Your guardians consented to the shots because your brain wasn't developed enough to make your decision. For mosquitoes, nature doesn't require consent, but humans are put on another standard. Or do you think that because nature does something, humans are free to do it to themselves, like murder? A wild bear will kill you, so therefore a human can kill another human right?
  • tempestn 2y ago
    Yes, the child is unable to give consent in that scenario, so we have an alternative, because the benefit is worth it. (We could wait until people are adults before subjecting them to any vaccinations, but that would cost a lot of lives.) It's possible an intervention like this one could also save a lot of lives, and therefore might also warrant an exception from individual consent. (Or not; it would depend on the specific expected benefits and risks.)
• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > At 7, I don't believe I consented to the mosquitos or the shots You also didn't consent to your mother's prenatal behaviour, neonatal nutrition, to going to school or having to clean up your room. Children are sapient. But it gets ridiculous when we extend the individual rights adults enjoy to them.