[jwalsh07]

If I vaccinate my child, and he is unfortunate enough to be the 5-10% who does not develop immunity to the disease, and then he comes into contact with your kid who has the disease becuase you didn't vaccinate him, your decision directly affects me and my child.

And if your kid picks his nose and leaves virus and or bacteria for the next kid that sits in his seat at school, your failure as a parent to keep your kids finger out of his nose affects other kids. You getting the drift here Tom? Furthermore, if your son doesn't get the HPV vaccine women everywhere are at risk assuming your son gets around a lot. How should you be penalized for not injecting your underage children with HPV vaccine to save America's women?

[TomB]

And if your kid picks his nose and leaves virus and or bacteria for the next kid that sits in his seat at school, your failure as a parent to keep your kids finger out of his nose affects other kids.

Exactly! Since we cannot control our child's behavior in most situations (nose picking, covering the mouth when coughing, sneezing into a tissue, washing hands after using the bathroom), it is absolutely incumbent upon us to reduce the number of communicable diseases our child can pass on, especially given a kid's ignoring of proper hygiene.

You getting the drift here Tom?

Perfectly. Thanks for a great example!