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by account42 130 days ago
So basically what you are saying it's ok for the government to take away peoples bodily autonomy, as long as it benefits the economy? Wild.

And if you really want to make this calculation, any vaccine that predominately helps old people actually increases costs to society in the long run.

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Funny how bodily autonomy is all that important when it comes to right wing fear of vaccines, but completely irrelevant when it comes to abortions, womens rights in general, sexual abuse, trans rights and generally rights of anyone disliked by this admin.

> any vaccine that predominately helps old people actually increases costs to society in the long run

I think that big difference between the political sides is that one of them does not see "kill all old people" as ethical strategy.

> ok for the government to take away peoples bodily autonomy, as long as it benefits the economy

No. That's a straw man and you know it. I'm against forced vaccinations. No one in the US was forced to be vaccinated.

However, most of the people against vaccination in the US are against abortion rights, so how could this debate really be about bodily autonomy? Forced birth is actually forced by the government, unlike vaccination programs. There is no situation where you could be put in jail for refusing a vaccine.