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Yes, let's have a government jail people and take responsibility for their children because some government beuracrat decided a certains vaccine was required. T
by KevinEldon 12y ago
Yes, let's have a government jail people and take responsibility for their children because some government beuracrat decided a certains vaccine was required. The Tuskegee expirement is one example of why the government shouldn't be trusted to do what is in the best interests of its citizens.
- ceejayoz 12y agoIf you have to reach back to Tuskegee to discredit government health standards like vaccination, hand washing, seat belts, etc., you're probably stretching a bit.
- WorldWideWayne 12y agoDo you have to reach back at all to see that the government usually doesn't have it's citizens' best interests at heart?
- zimbu668 12y agoThe study went until 1972[1], that's not that long ago. Have humans changed that much since then? [1] http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
- ceejayoz 12y agoTuskegee caused a dramatic change in how studies are run, with laws on informed consent and ethical requirements. Humans may not have inherently changed, but our procedures to prevent abuses by humans have.
- notacoward 12y agoOK, so sue them into oblivion instead. The downside is that we'd have to wait for innocent to get injured or killed before the law will grant standing, but if enough people do this then maybe the anti-vaxxers will decide that their oh-so-fashionable "principles" aren't worth the risk of losing all they own.