Anti-Vaxxers Take Issue

Chris Freind’s column Vaccination Mandates Are Necessary is getting  negative feedback on Twitter.  Young robot redhead trying to be creative?  That’s cold. 

Anyway, a friend has sent us the other side regarding why vaccinations should not be mandated.

Many may  think something calling itself Off The Grid News should be an object of mirth rather than be taken seriously but it is a huge mistake to dismiss it and similar sites, and fail to discount their influence.

The anti-vaxxer movement should be proof enough of that.

Regarding vaccinations, the principles that should be followed are freedom, honesty and information not force, intimidation and mocking.

It is quite appropriate for a hospital to require its workers to be vaccinated. If one wishes not to be vaccinated one has the freedom not to work there.

It is also appropriate for a public school to require its pupils be vaccinated — providing opportunities are provided for children whose parents wish them not to be. Cyber-charter schools — and they exist in Pennsylvania — would be one example. Property tax exemptions for parents who home school their children works as well. And funding via vouchers for like-minded parents who want to have communal schools without a vaccination mandate also solves the problem.

It should be noted that not mandating vaccinations is not banning them. If people trust the information they get they will act on it. The Amish are noted for their suspicions of modern ways. Did you know that most of the Amish population –63 percent — is vaccinated?

Anti-Vaxxers Take Issue