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  • Freedom does not include a right to endanger others. COVID vaccines should be mandatory

    04/24/2021 6:14:25 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 199 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | April 16, 2021 | Erwin Chemerinsky
    No one’s freedom provides the right to endanger others. That is the point of the adage that my right to swing my fist ends at another person’s nose. The government always has the power to impose restrictions on behavior to protect other people from harm, including to stop the spread of a communicable disease. Yet these basic principles are forgotten by those who opposed a mask mandate and who now are trying to prohibit vaccine passports. Indeed, the government can and should require that everyone be vaccinated against COVID. There is no constitutional right to refuse to wear a mask...