Vaccinations: do we have the right to say "NO?"
It's reasonable to ask: "If I had my children vaccinated against - let's say measles - and you failed to do so with your children, how does that harm my children?" It seems the only persons to be harmed are those children belonging to other parents who failed to have their children immunized.
In today's world it is incredibly common to hear someone say they refuse to take a flu shot - and yet there is not a national movement to force them to get a doctor's note to avoid the shot!
I can remember the time when the polio vaccine was first made available - most people (if not all) rushed to get their children vaccinated because polio was such a realistic and devastating disease. Even so - no politician had the nerve to pass a law requiring everyone to get vaccinated.
The "busy-body" society.
Today, it seems, everyone is attempting to tell their neighbors what to do. As a society, we claim our democracy is so great that everyone - and particularly those in the Middle East - should be required to have democratic rule. Accordingly, if I have my children vaccinated, then everyone should do the same.
And there is considerable mis-information circulated and even promoted by seemingly intelligent people. In example, the public is constantly exposed to anti-smoking advertisements which often defy logic - so how is it possible that my health is at greater risk from "second hand" smoke than that poor guy who is inhaling the smoke directly into his lungs?
There is more at stake here than our health - our liberty and right to make our own decisions as an adult in a free society must take priority over all other considerations!