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We should handle this the same way we handle other negative externalities. With taxes. You certainly have the right not to vaccinate, but you should bear the fu
by noonespecial 12y ago
We should handle this the same way we handle other negative externalities. With taxes. You certainly have the right not to vaccinate, but you should bear the full cost of that decision and not simply be allowed to free ride on the herd immunity of other people who did accept the small (mostly perceived) risk of vaccination.
I'm betting once there is even a small tax on skipping out, most of this nonsense will vanish like smoke.
- undersuit 12y agoTaxing people who don't vaccinate their children has got to be the easiest way to pour gasoline on the libertarian fire.
- aidenn0 12y agoI don't see why; if we can quantify the average economic cost to others of you not vaccinating your children, then by charging that to people who don't vaccinate, we are merely increasing the efficiency of the free market by removing an externality. That's about as Libertarian as you can get.