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Another straw-man argument against mandatory vaccination. Mandatory also means you might be subject to fines or denied access to government social programs.

• maratd 12y ago
  > Mandatory also means you might be subject to fines So you write me that ticket and I shove it down my pants, wipe my ass with it, and throw it in your direction. What then? You want to know what happens when you don't pay the government's fines? http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/02/09/384968360/jail-time-for-unpaid-court-fines-and-fees-can-create-cycle-of-poverty http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/02/09/384968360/jai... So you're OK with throwing people in jail for not performing a medical procedure on their children? I just want to know where you stand. Personally, I think we're better off with a public shaming campaign, same as we did with smoking, but apparently I'm soft?
  • s0x 12y ago
    > So you're OK with throwing people in jail for not performing a medical procedure on their children? Yes.
    • maratd 12y ago
      > Yes. Thank you. That's the truth. I very rarely find myself a moderate on things, but both sides of this argument make me sick. The selfish parents who claim vaccines cause autism and who are really riding on herd immunity, while avoiding the relatively minor risks involved with vaccination ... and people like you who think that the solution is to use force and throw these people in jail. A little shaming will go a long way. Both sides have jumped to absurd extremes.
• spacemanmatt 12y ago
  The government already has the legal ability to make vaccines mandatory. They are rightfully hesitant to use coercive force, though.