10-03-2021, 01:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-03-2021, 01:58 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(10-03-2021, 12:32 PM)Dahlsim Wrote: That's one reason the free world has never forced a vaccine on the public, until now. Now you have forced vaccinations with no recourse for you or your family if things do not go well. Does that sound moral to you?
Not true. In America it actually started with Washington himself who enforced smallpox inoculation. Some historians go as far and claim that it was the deciding factor in the war.
Always was a controversial topic (as it should be) but on a state level we have seen it. Best example would be the smallpox legislation in Massachussets. Upheld by the supreme court more than 100 years later. Other good example would be the measles outbreak in Alaska in 1976. It´s not like the mandate didn´t exist prior to it but outbreaks like this forced the government to enforce them.
We have different vaccination requirements for public schools depending on the state. And obviously requirements for certain jobs (army, medical workers...).
Not to mention other highly developed countries. In the last 100 years most of western europe enforced polio, small pox, tuberculosis and measles vaccines. Got rid of it after the diseases was completly or nearly eliminated. A lot of them still have mandates for other diseases that are comparable to the public school requirements in most states.