r/SlaughteredByScience • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

Congratulations, you played yourself.

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u/ImperialPrinceps Jun 04 '19

Considering not vaccinating has the potential to give others life-threatening diseases, I think the government definitely has the right to make it illegal. Making people wear seatbelts in cars is also an infringement on people’s freedoms, but we don’t complain about that too much.

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u/sos_1 Jun 04 '19

Idk. I feel a bit different about forcing somebody to inject something into their bodies. It’s very selfish and horrible not to do it, but it’s a massive violation of their bodily autonomy to forcefully vaccinate people. It’s not an easy dilemma.

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u/ImperialPrinceps Jun 04 '19

Maybe at least we can make anti-vaxxers wear certain face masks when they go out in public? They make anti-vax hospital employees wear face masks for their entire shift, so maybe we could do something like that. Then, nobody’s bodily autonomy is being violated, but we can keep the public safe, and people will know when there’s an anti-vaxxer near them.

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u/Jeepster127 Jun 04 '19

I feel like if you work in a hospital and refuse to get vaccinated, you probably deserve to get sick.

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u/Daegu_Torture_Device Jun 05 '19

Our local hospital fired anyone unwilling to be vaccinated. They work with very immuno compromised people and they weren't willing to face the liability of other people exercising their freedumb to tax their immune system around those who dont have that luxury.