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Sen. Rand Paul says government should not force people to receive vaccinations
The Washington Post ^ | Felicia Sonmez

Posted on 03/05/2019 12:33:05 PM PST by RandFan

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To: Okeydoker

I am pro choice on the issue of vaccinations. There are many parents that love their children very much and feel there is risk in vaccines and the way they are given.


61 posted on 03/05/2019 1:03:51 PM PST by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

FREEDOM!!!

YEAH, to infect other people!!! Go for it. Lets bring back polio and the iron lungs and the cripples! Yeah, FREEDOM!


62 posted on 03/05/2019 1:04:09 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie ( POST)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I also believe in limited government rather than government ownership of me and mine.

As do I, but there are aspects of government that are necessary. I believe in vaccinations.

63 posted on 03/05/2019 1:04:15 PM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: RandFan

Well, I agree with him on that. But I’m sure we would disagree on the next step. Anyone refusing vaccination should be removed to a quarantine camp in the Southwestern desert. Utah, Arizona? And kept there until they are vaccinated.


64 posted on 03/05/2019 1:04:46 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

hEY, WHY DON’T YOU USE A LITTLE BLEACH FOR THAT POLIO VIRUS???

these were viruses , not infections of bacteria...just proves you morons are uneducated. Yes, uneducated morons.


65 posted on 03/05/2019 1:05:58 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie ( POST)
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To: Okeydoker
We know exactly what "herd immunity" is which is why it's a farce.

If vaccination really immunises, then your vaccinated child will be immunised and therefore protected against any disease an unvaccinated child gets. If he isn’t, his shots didn’t work and you pumped him full of garbage for nothing.

66 posted on 03/05/2019 1:06:01 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: C19fan

Standard practice in the clinics is for parents to sign a consent form before their child is vaccinated. If vaccinations become mandatory, there will no longer be a need for a consent form. They will take your child and vaccinate whether you consent or whether you don’t, so the usual informed consent will no longer have meaning.

Will non-compliant parents be subject to incarceration and loss of parental rights with placement of children for adoption or foster care?

Much of the home-schooling community is opposed to vaccinations, choosing to keep their children out of public school to avoid this issue. After vaccinations are mandatory, the next logical step will be to criminalize and ban the home school movement.

If we force all homeschoolers to be vaccinated, can the problem be considered solved? Does the present hysteria take into account large numbers of unvaccinated illegal aliens pouring over the borders, with catch-and-release policies? Can any cases of measles be traced to the masses of illegals?


67 posted on 03/05/2019 1:06:21 PM PST by tomatomaster
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To: Okeydoker
That’s the beauty of the internet, any idiot with a keyboard can play.

I didn't insult you nor did I call you names. I'm not a liberal and do not rely on insults to silence those that disagree with me.

68 posted on 03/05/2019 1:07:46 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Mariner

the “nanny state” eradicated horrible diseases...that’s why there were less and less of outbreaks.
smallpox and polio were “ the norm”,,but then YOU are the expert on the Nanny State, so we should all listen to you.


69 posted on 03/05/2019 1:08:14 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie ( POST)
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To: RandFan

Agree with Rand on this one-we are not a herd-in this case, the needs of the many do NOT outweigh the needs of the few (apologies to Spock from the original Star Trek)...


70 posted on 03/05/2019 1:08:43 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: RandFan

Have we all forgotten what freedom is? Free market?

Vaccines that are safe, have a high effective rate, and a low to non existent mortality rate will probably do well. Most will choose to take it if the risk/reward is high enough. But with something like vaccinations for chicken pox? Do the risk/reward calculation.....no exactly a great answer is it? (especially knowing most of us had chicken pox as kids, and are alive and well, therefore risk is high, and reward is almost zero)

Government mandating almost anything tears at freedoms base. Couple this with the fact that the creators of the vaccine cannot be held accountable for what their product does to our children, and you have a recipe for disaster.

For instance, where is the incentive to make a safe product? Why not just throw together a cocktail of cheap items and pay off a gov’t official to get it on the mandatory list. Great profit table there.

And is it not crazy that if McDonalds spills coffee on me in the drive thru they are liable, but pharm scrambling a young childs brain has no liability? You simply cannot have forced vaccinations with no accountability.

The best answer, is to keep freedom in tact, make pharm responsible for the outcome of their products, and the cream will rise to the top. Simple, and has worked for the span of our great country. Why we insist on controlling others lives is beyond me, especially at the cost of something as great as freedom.


71 posted on 03/05/2019 1:10:14 PM PST by walkingdead (It's easy, you just don't lead 'em as much....)
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To: rjsimmon
As do I, but there are aspects of government that are necessary. I believe in vaccinations.

I don't. I think there's too much garbage in them. And I don't like government control over children.

Thank you for respectfully disagreeing. Some haven't your grace.

72 posted on 03/05/2019 1:11:22 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70
Anyone refusing vaccination should be removed to a quarantine camp in the Southwestern desert. Utah, Arizona? And kept there until they are vaccinated.

Why? Don't your vaccinations work?

73 posted on 03/05/2019 1:12:14 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: RandFan

Would these politicians be willing to add PRIVATE schools not being allowed to require vaccinations? You know, the schools where the politicians send their children and grand-children attend.


74 posted on 03/05/2019 1:12:22 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Mariner

You can take your anti-vacc ideas with you when you leave for whichever turd-world $hithole you choose.

Somethings aren’t up to the lone individual to decide. For some things society get to decide.


75 posted on 03/05/2019 1:12:56 PM PST by Beagle8U (Lil Debby Slobbercow is Michigan's NPC.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

We all have voices and opinions. Thanks for the discussion and be safe out there among them English!


76 posted on 03/05/2019 1:13:36 PM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: dp0622
said, "I’ve read that damning evidence against vaccines have been covered up. Then I read that they weren’t damning"

both right. Thimerosal in the blood stream can NOT brake down. They never tested it with foods such as iodine that is known to brake down Thimerosal.

said, "Some say the Constitution doesn’t forbid forced vaccinations, some say it does"

The tenth amendment has been destroyed nearly a century ago by the courts.

77 posted on 03/05/2019 1:13:38 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: DJ MacWoW

I am not intending to insult you.

The reality is some people are in fact ignorant, ie they don’t know something. Mostly because they have limited education.

The reality is some people really are stupid, ie they were not fortunate to be born with intelligence. Some folks end up being doctors and some end up being janitors. The reality is that not all humans are born with equal intelligence.

People who refuse to acknowledge reality because it conflicts with their political beliefs are stupid. People who don’t know what the effect of a large number of people who don’t get vaccinated are just ignorant.

So, no, I was not intending to call you any names but merely to describe your thought process based on your opinions.


78 posted on 03/05/2019 1:16:33 PM PST by Okeydoker
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To: rjsimmon
We all have voices and opinions. Thanks for the discussion and be safe out there among them English!

I'm not Amish but their lifestyle seems to avoid a lot of problems we deal with.

Have a lovely evening.

79 posted on 03/05/2019 1:17:09 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

I had to look up the 10th.

It’s a REALLY important one!


80 posted on 03/05/2019 1:20:22 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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