[lexington minuteman 1775]

You forgot Penny Marshall who did that sit com LaVerne and Shirley.

But the government has made certain innoculations mandatory the DPT, Measels, and Polio vaccines were all mandatory to attend public schools in California as well as the old small pox vaccine.

[jammer]

How could I forget Penny Marshall????? Well, it may be because I watched about 15 minutes of the show once. It may not have been representative, but it forced me to conclude that it was the most inane creation from a place that specializes in inane creations.

Yes, the gov probably has the power to force it. I dunno', though. When they legislated it in the past, people had polio very much on their minds, without today's complacency about diseases that have been all but eradicated. As for the infant injections, there is little opposition and a strong constituency for it.

But like VietNam, it may be that passing the law (entering the war) is much easier that prevailing once opposition is mobilized. Bad analogy, I know, but you get the point.