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You're right to intuit that the framing doesn't make sense. The source article clarifies that, when regime officials say "optional", what they actually mean is
by SpicyLemonZest 10mo ago
You're right to intuit that the framing doesn't make sense. The source article clarifies that, when regime officials say "optional", what they actually mean is that they deny any collective responsibility for public health. The opinion of this "vaccine panel chair" is that you should not be permitted to exclude unvaccinated children from anything for any reason.
He explicitly acknowledges that this will lead to more children getting tragic and preventable diseases, to be clear. There's no dispute about that. He's just decided that sacrificing those children is worth it for the sake of medical autonomy.
- 46493168 10mo agoIt's a strange, sort of fatalistic cognitive dissonance to believe that parents have the right to risk their children's lives by exposing them to preventable deadly diseases while at same time making it illegal for women to terminate pregnancies.
- etchalon 10mo agoIt's not too strange. It's just selfish preference. "I don't want my kids to get vaccinated and I don't want your daughter to have sex."
- kibwen 10mo agoCognitive dissonance via hypocrisy and absurdity is deliberately embraced by fascist regimes, because it's a form of proof that the speaker cares more about loyalty to the state than about rational independent thought.
- graemep 10mo agoThe main argument for allowing abortion is that people have a right to do what they want with their bodies. The opposing argument is that this does not extend to a baby's body. I do not see how either side can then say the government has a right to force people to do something to their bodies. Vaccines are not mandatory in any country I know but most people have them bar hippies and conspiracy theorists. I think its stupid not to have (most, at least) childhood vaccines but people should be free to be stupid.
- SpicyLemonZest 10mo agoI really don't understand why facile abortion analogies are so popular in vaccine discussions. In the worst case pregnancy is orders of magnitude riskier than vaccination, and the typical pregnancy is more impactful than all but the worst vaccine side effects. There's no useful comparison to be drawn.
- graemep 9mo agoBecause its a subject people feel strongly about so they like dragging it into everything. You see it with all sorts of topics. For example, almost anything to do with the UK will result in someone going on about Brexit. The current US president is mentioned at the slightest excuse. Any kind of polarising issue, really.
- etchalon 10mo ago"Your kid deserves to die so because I don't trust science" is certainly a position.