That is practically word-for-word the hardcore lefty argument for socialized medicine.
Is that not a true statement? You have already stated there is a situation where the government would require that action.
I don't buy the "it is a slippery slope, you cannot draw a line" arguement. We draw those lines every day.
If 1 person, or 10 persons died per year from the cancers caused by these 4 strains of HPV, almost everyone, including me, would agree there should be no government requirement of the vaccine, opt out or not.
If 100 million died this year from the same, almost everyone (but not all) would agree to the requirement.
I think 2,800 are enough deaths to require it, if a reasonable opt out (such as what we have in Texas) is available. I wish Texas would go back to doing the opt out once, not requiring to be renewed every 2 years, but I would live with that while my kids are in school.
It is absolutely untrue and our history proves it. Before vaccines were available somehow this country managed to establish itself and become prosperous without government micromanaging medical decisions. There is not a single vaccine today that we could not live without, without having millions die off. So please, drop that strawman already.
I don't buy the "it is a slippery slope, you cannot draw a line" arguement. We draw those lines every day.
If you're not able to draw the line on principle, then it's only a matter of time before you get Obamacare or socialized medicine. It is inevitable.
If 1 person, or 10 persons died per year from the cancers caused by these 4 strains of HPV, almost everyone, including me, would agree there should be no government requirement of the vaccine, opt out or not.
If 100 million died this year from the same, almost everyone (but not all) would agree to the requirement.
I think 2,800 are enough deaths to require it, if a reasonable opt out (such as what we have in Texas) is available. I wish Texas would go back to doing the opt out once, not requiring to be renewed every 2 years, but I would live with that while my kids are in school.
This is the wrong way to think about the problem. NONE of these deaths are imminent deaths. Every one of those people has the opportunity to decide for themselves whether the risk is worth the benefit. It is not a legitimate function of government to make that decision for an individual in the absence of an imminent emergency that rises to the level of a threat to the security to the state.
If it's that good an idea, there should be no problem convincing people that they should get the vaccine voluntarily. Forced medication of any kind is anathema to liberty.