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by Ensorceled 3835 days ago
This whole discussion reminds me of seat belt law debate:

Pro-seat belt: "It will save hundreds of lives and reduce injuries"

Anti-seat belt: "What if an accident pushes my car into the water and the seatbelt jams and my child drowns."

Make it the law and put parents in jail. Better yet, since the first confrontation over vaccinations will be when the children are young, put them up for adoption. Lots of vetted, rational people looking to adopt young children.

You don't own "your" children, they are people and they have the right to proper medical care. Proper medical care isn't decided by irrational phobias and fears.

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There are laws that you aren't allowed to wear your seatbelts in certain situations; e.g. on some ice roads in some countries (Estonia). Not that this is very relevant to anti vax.
Where I'm from, we also take our seat belts off and roll down our windows while driving out to our ice shacks to go fishing.

I agree though, there are children with compromised immune systems who CAN'T take vaccines. And anti-vaxxers increase the risks to those children.