Comments on: Measles on the Rise? http://scienceprogress.org/2008/05/measles-on-the-rise/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve http://scienceprogress.org/2008/05/measles-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-6428 Steve Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:38 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/05/measles-on-the-rise/#comment-6428 64 cases (with no deaths) is hardly a crisis. And if vaccinations are effective, then those who are vaccinated have nothing to fear. Those who choose not to vaccinate know the risks, and that is their choice. Forced medication, which is really what you seem to be talking about, is about as un-American as you can get. But trampling on personal liberites is okay, I guess, if done in the name of the "greater good". Personally, I don't care to force medication on people. The price is too high. And what happens when you force the needle in a child's arm, and he dies from the vaccien itself (happens in a small %, for all vaccines). Who will be responsible for that? 64 cases (with no deaths) is hardly a crisis. And if vaccinations are effective, then those who are vaccinated have nothing to fear. Those who choose not to vaccinate know the risks, and that is their choice.

Forced medication, which is really what you seem to be talking about, is about as un-American as you can get. But trampling on personal liberites is okay, I guess, if done in the name of the “greater good”. Personally, I don’t care to force medication on people. The price is too high. And what happens when you force the needle in a child’s arm, and he dies from the vaccien itself (happens in a small %, for all vaccines). Who will be responsible for that?

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