This blog is about vaccinations, and the right to choose. ‘Rob‘ is an American who is debating whether the US government has the right to prescribe vaccinations. But he quotes Megan who thinks that the ‘herd’ mentality of vaccinating is a good thing: that vaccinating “denys the virus a sufficient number of people to make a disease reservoir”. Rob uses strong statements: “we should be able to decide” and “they (vaccinations) should be opposed because…..”. He sites the government as an expert, but one that is not acting in the best interests of ‘the people’. “Once we allow the government to tell us which medicines to take they’ll take that inch and then demand another mile when it comes to the food we eat and the exercise we get. ” Which is a whole other discussion about government intervention, and the definition of health using the bio-western medical model.
What do you think?
February 8, 2007 at 11:36 pm
So that’s what you’re supposed to do.
My brain hurts….
February 8, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Brenda, I think primarily, that one should differentiate between having the right to prescribe vaccinations, and whether they are or are not mandatory. I think they should definitely not be mandatory and believe that every one indeed has a right to accept or deny the advice that the state gives. I myself, prepare yourself, have never had a needle in me (apart from a blood test). My mother’s belief, and mine as well is that the more vaccinations one gets, the less immune their body will get to diseases. Also, we all are going to die sometime, and people survived (relatively) before vaccinations came to be about. The ‘herd’ mentality is NOT a good thing, everyone is their own person and should not be a sheep.