Mass vaccination in the midst of a pandemic was always against protocol, I believe.
In 1894 Judge Bartlett of the New York Supreme Court in the case of Walters decided that to compel vaccination by intimidation or force was criminal assault. Source: "Crime against the school childe". (Remember, this was the NY supreme court, which was later overridden by the US supreme court.) Chas M Higgins. 1915. https://archive.org/details/crimeagainstscho00higg_0_201804. But this was later reversed by the US supreme court.
In 1905 the US Supreme Court declares, in the case of Jacobson, that forcing a person to get vaccinated is constitutional. This is mentioned here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449224/ "A state may enact a compulsory vaccination law, since the legislature has the discretion to decide whether vaccination is the best way to prevent smallpox and protect public health. The legislature may exempt children from the law without violating the equal protection rights of adults if the law applies equally among adults": https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/
Mass vaccination in the midst of a pandemic was always against protocol, I believe.
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You believe wrong. Vaccination has saved many lives during polio and smallpox epidemics. Napoleon was smart enough to recognize this — by freeing a captive relative of Englishman Edward Jenner in gratitude for Jenner’s developing the vaccine that protected French troops from Smallpox. If we cannot vaccinate when it is most needed, we cannot vaccinate at all, and we go back to the days when epidemics killed millions.
As is approving a vaccine before a 5 year trial period.
ClearCase_guy wrote: “Mass vaccination in the midst of a pandemic was always against protocol, I believe.”
How do you explain the mass vaccinations during the polio pandemic? Mass vaccinations are a valid response to a pandemic.