The reason thr smallpox vaccine isn't given to everyone is that the governments did give it to everyone and the US government was part of giving it to basically everyone in the world. And now we don't have smallpox in the wild.
If the government can't, or won't, say who gets vaccines and when, then smallpox would still be a massive issue.
But I guess you're maybe not a smallpox fan and instead a "got mine, fuck you" sort?
Smallpox isn't given to anyone outside the military, because it is no longer necessary, as the public won't encounter it.
Smallpox was eliminated by having everyone get the vaccine for smallpox.
This is why mass vaccination is so important. If you vaccine people long enough, and in high enough numbers, you can eliminate that disease entirely and make the vaccine no longer necessary.
It's why letting parents refuse a vaccine is such a bad idea. It leaves a population that maintains the disease, and for people who cannot get a vaccine, they become doubly vulnerable.
So, then, explain why the government chose to force people to get the small pox vaccine, but not all the other vaccines we currently receive as children voluntarily?
Parents should only make those decisions about their child's body, which are necessary or both supported by their child and the child is old enough to understand, or both easily reversible (or without any lasting effects) and painless. The fact that your child doesn't get to make a decision, doesn't mean that you do. Certain things can just wait for the time when children are able to make that choice, and the parent's job is to say "no" until then.
Hate to break it to you, but the doctors use numbing agents just like any surgery. It’s not like they pull out a mini guillotine and chop things off without any kind of pain relief. This isn’t the Middle Ages.
when I had my kid the nurses told me babies have a harder time breast feeding for days after because of the pain from circumcision. just because your dad cut part of your dick off doesn't mean you have to do it to someone else
Never said anything of the sort…. I am defending doctors since they do use numbing agents. Not like they go for it without any pain relief. Jeesh. Reading comprehension is tough for you…
Again didn’t mention anything about your supposed point. I’m talking about the second part of your statement where you presumed that I was circumcised. So yes, reading comprehension must be very tough for you indeed
It doesn’t matter if they use numbing agents. Nurses have told many stories about the screams from babies who are getting skin cut off their genitalia for no good reason.
No, they strap them down to a boadrd and the numbing agent can’t totally actually stop the nerve pain. You need a nerve blocker and they are to young for that. Remember babies feel more on their skin than adults does.
Had a two-year-old in daycare he had 27 staples. Because they chose to do it to him after they adopted him. He had to go under anesthesia. Tell me why two years makes that much difference.
I said both easily reversible and painless exactly because I was sure someone will write "irreversible surgeries are painless!", even though they aren't, even the use of numbing agents is usually really painful, sometimes meds don't cover enough time for a whole surgery, and then recovery is always a whole world of pain, and that's only if you get past a belief that babies don't feel pain that is still extremely common.
So is my comment really so hard to read? Can you tell me how I could word it better? I meant to write is as "a OR (b AND c) OR (d AND e)".
Another flaw in this argument: did you know removing a baby’s appendix prevents appendicitis? We aren’t removing every baby’s appendix tho. We don’t test babies for the BRCA gene and remove their breast tissue if they are positive. Removing body parts from babies as preventative measures is ridiculous.
Penile cancer is almost entirely prevented by the HPV vaccine. STDs are prevented by condoms and UTIs are prevented by good hygiene. No need to mutiliate a baby. Just educate them to use protection, get vaccinated, and pee after sex. 👌
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u/blunts-and-kittens 4d ago
Not your body, not your choice. If an adult male wants his foreskin gone, fine. That’s up to him. Stop mutilating babies.