“This is the argument. It isn’t, are vaccines a good thing. Its whether or not they should be obligatory, as in, take your kids away from you and put you in jail obligatory.”
Who is making that argument though? I only ever hear about this from anti-vaxxers, I have yet to hear anyone seriously advocate that position.
quoting:
Christie said that he and his wife had vaccinated their children, describing that decision as “the best expression I can give you of my opinion.” He said they believe doing so is an “important part of making sure we protect their health and the public health.”
“But,” Christie added, “I also understand that parents need to have some measure of choice in things as well. So that’s the balance that the government has to decide.”
Because he said the parents should also have some choice, all hell broke loose and that is why its been kicked around on FR ever since. In my view, nothing he said was unreasonable, and I'm no fan of Christie. Vaccines, in general = good. But children belong to their parents, not to the state. So their opinion also matters. Especially, as I say, in the diseases of secondary or lesser public threat.