Mandatory vaccination

It is a vaccination that can really help.

 

Should not be mandatory.
Good idea to get the vaccine? Probably so, but I recommend waiting to see some of the long term side effects.
However, the government shouldn't try to own our bodies. If they start getting used to forcing medications on us, I don't like to think where that leads.

 

Just curious, how do you feel about other vaccinations that are already mandatory? This has already been a thing for a long time.

 

Most schools will not accept kids who haven't been vaccinated. I don't know exactly which vaccinations they are. I think measles is one of them. Idk, I don't have kids. But this is definitely the case in most places. Anti-vaxxers have a very hard time getting their kids into schools for this reason.

 

Vaccines should never be mandatory. If the government has control over what goes into your body you have essentially lost your ownership of yourself. You belong to the government at that point, at least poetically.

That said, it will probably be a very, very good idea to get the vaccine - at least after waiting a few months to make sure it wasn't rushed and is safe. I'm not anti-vaxx, but I am pro-liberty.

 

And for the record, there are as of yet no mandatory vaccines in the UK. I can't speak for the US. However the government is heavily considering making them mandatory.

 

It looks like most people here are from the US, or experienced with living there (possibly from the UK too), so I'll provide some perspective from someone who's never lived in either.
In my country, vaccines are increasingly becoming an expectation. Kindergartens can refuse to take children who aren't up to date on their vaccinations (except with a medical exemption signed by a doctor), as can private schools, and vaccination is seen as a public health issue, not a liberty issue. I personally would be happy with mandatory vaccination once it's been through the appropriate channels. Its safety protocols and potential risks need to be public knowledge so that doctors can make an informed medical decision and advise on medical exemptions appropriately. I'm not in favour of philosophical or religious exemptions for vaccination.

 

Good question. I'm not aware of any vaccine that is mandatory? Even the military gives you religious exemption. I get vaccines, I'm not an anti-vaxxer. But the vaccines I get have been around for years, and millions of people have gotten them before me. All I'm saying is, don't rush off to get a relatively unknown drug that could have negative side effects. And the government should not have the right to mandatorily tell us what medications to take.

 

should not be mandatory. no one should have control over your body. such a conversation should not occur in the first place.. what a time to be alive.

 

Yeah, no duh. I never claimed they were for the entire population. I literally just asked him how he feels about them because I was curious. I wasn't even talking to you. Geez louise, I was just asking a freaking question out of curiosity.

 

And yeah, you sure as hell bet I will use a "derogatory" term for people who put their children in danger because of stupid beliefs that have no foundation in science or medicine at all.

I agree with you on that. Thanks for answering my question.

 

I can not get vaccinations because I am at risk of getting guillain-barre syndrome my doctors are against me doing vaccinations because of this so mandatory vaccinations are a really bad idea because you never know how many people can be affected this way if we get vaccinations we are at risk of paralysis or death so I rely on people around me getting vaccinated but if I’m forced to I’m at a much worse risk then getting the damn disease!

 

Vaccines should NEVER be made mandatory. Personal liberty triumphs always. Funny how a lot of people who get vaccines end up with the flu anyways. I haven’t had a flu vaccine in at least a decade and I haven’t had the flu since then.