Comments on: Should The Government Force You To Vaccinate Your Children ? http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Annette M. Hall http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4975 Annette M. Hall Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:54:46 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4975 The state of Maryland allows any parent to submit a medical or religious waiver for the required vaccines, just as every state in the country has some form of waiver available.

The form is available at:
http://edcp.org/html/schoolrequire.html

]]> By: Joe http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4736 Joe Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:52:01 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4736 Mike, “So sure about that one Joe?”

Yeah, I’m sure no-one is forcing you to send your kid to a public school, so therefore no-one is forcing you to vaccinate your kid.

You may be required to shower before entering a public pool … that doesn’t mean the government is “forcing” you to shower. If you want to avail yourself of the facilities, then you comply with the pre-conditions.

And yeah, I’m sure some parents smoke crack.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4677 Doug Mataconis Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:39 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4677 Kip,

Yea its a crappy analogy actually.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4675 KipEsquire Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:00:01 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4675 Doug, very bad analogy: Vaccination prevents transmission and therefore corrects an significant externality; NyQuil doesn’t.

It does, however, make a dandy egg nog!

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4670 Doug Mataconis Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:34:32 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4670 Kip,

You don’t have a right sneeze on me, but i also don’t have a right force you to take Nyquil if you have a cold.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4659 KipEsquire Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:03:51 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4659 A cold isn’t a fatal disease either, but that doesn’t mean I have a right to sneeze on you.

]]> By: mike http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4652 mike Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:28:44 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4652 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/12/the-nanny-state-vs-the-family/

So sure about that one Joe?

]]> By: Joe http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4649 Joe Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:59:36 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/should-the-government-force-you-to-vaccinate-your-children/#comment-4649 Sadly enough, I’m going with the bureaucrat at HHS who probably has a college degree and some understanding of the potential harm an epidemic can cause.

You’d be surprised at how many bad parents there are out there – some of them smoke crack.

And besides, no-one is forcing you — you can always home-school or send your kids to a private school.

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