justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/03/15 at 16:53:48:Do I get to decide if I or MY children get vaccinated or do we get TOLD what to do?
So I went back and quoted the OP. yes, I read the other posts, but am limiting my response to the OP.
Current Legal: You get told
How I would do it: You get an option... do it or leave.
Leave means leave the community.. the schools.. all government and private "public" areas ( parks, stores, fast food joint)
Why? A vaccine "helps" to prevent the "spread" of a disease. It does not stop it, nor prevent 100% of people 100% from ever getting it.
If a community decide they want the public that then shares space and air, to meet a minimum inoculation, then I think they should be able to set that standard.
I am FORCED to pay taxes
I am forced to wear seat belts
I am forced to wear a motorcycle helmet
I am forced to have liabilty insurance
I am forced to pay for city water and sewer and trash pick up, if I live in the city. Having my own well would NOT preclude my participation.
I am forced to have concealed carry permit.
I am forced to buy all new cars with ABS and air bags and a recording chip for the last 10 seconds before air bag deployment
The police and or insurance can recover that chip without my consent
I am forced to provide my children with heat and AC and with the CURRENT standards of the day.. though my mother never had any of such
Such is a reality of a shrinking country. Shrinking in that as the population increases and land mass stays the same, we area all forced to meet minimum standards (and pay for them) in order to maintain a safe, comfortable, and polite society as humans are ever crowded more and more closely.
As a libertarian.. MY peeve is that the FEDERAL government insists on making regulations to supersede those of states and communities. Were it left to me the USA would be a patch work of regulations as approved by the local population. To be sure it would be a pregnant dog to move around. But it would reveal very quickly what works and what does not. Folks would flock to areas that met both their ideal of freedom and their need for minimum standards.
Well you asked.....