Originally posted by rogue06
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On the other hand, vaxx resistance came to America in 1800, along with smallpox. And despite a 30% death rate, pushback started immediately, with rich, middle-class parents deciding that; "No gummint is gonna tell me how to raise, educate, indoctrinate or vaccinate mah kids." And it wasn't until 1905 that a case (HENNING JACOBSON, Plff. in Err., v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS) hit the Supreme Court, to decide if in fact, States did have the power to make vaccination mandatory. Turns out they did. Then all went quiet. I guess children had stopped dying in their thousands.
Then, like the eruption of a festering abscess, modern day anti vaxx sentiment re-emerged to meet the sun upon the upland lawn. In 1982 with the documentary DPT: Vaccine Roulette. Which was followed in 1998 with a report by discredited, disgraced and struck off "Dr." Andrew Wakefield et al, a whole new generation were introduced to redneck, anti-science apologetics. And all without the benefit of firsthand experience of the ravages of some infectious diseases.
And there's the problem, nobody now really remembers the crippling, disfiguring effects of, say, smallpox. But I know what they can look like. I used to work with a childhood smallpox survivor, and his face looked like the surface of the moon. Though with possibly a few more craters.
Though all 50 States make specific vaccines mandatory, most states allow exemption for (give me strength ) "religious beliefs", according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And 18 states allow so-called philosophical exemptions (just as bad), which offer a wide range of reasons to opt out. As if the bacteria / viruses care about your precious religious / philosophical sensitivities. They might as well offer religious exemption from the laws of gravity.
As for the self-serving Democrats, which states / cities / municipalities are now leading the mandating for; the wearing of masks, social distancing and mandatory vaccination? I ain't seeing much red.
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