Parents are opting out of school vaccinations at the highest rate ever. Last school year, that amounted to 3% of U.S. children entering kindergarten. The highest rate was 12% in Idaho, where a chan…
That’s a fine rationalization for private citizens in their private homes.
The issue here is that these children are being sent to public schools and they’re interacting with other children. Sure, those children are likely vaccinated, but what about the ones who are immunocomprimised? what about the elderly grandmother picking her grandkid up from school one day? What about the ones that just get unlucky, and the vaccine isn’t enough to protect them?
We let stupid people do a lot in modern society without consequence. Murder shouldn’t be added to that list. If parents don’t want to vacc their kids for stupid reasons, they should face the consequence of homeschooling them. If they want to be able to take part in polite society and send their anklebiter to public schools, then they must abide by the ground rules that are in place to keep everyone’s kid’s safe.
That’s a fine rationalization for private citizens in their private homes.
The issue here is that these children are being sent to public schools and they’re interacting with other children. Sure, those children are likely vaccinated, but what about the ones who are immunocomprimised? what about the elderly grandmother picking her grandkid up from school one day? What about the ones that just get unlucky, and the vaccine isn’t enough to protect them?
We let stupid people do a lot in modern society without consequence. Murder shouldn’t be added to that list. If parents don’t want to vacc their kids for stupid reasons, they should face the consequence of homeschooling them. If they want to be able to take part in polite society and send their anklebiter to public schools, then they must abide by the ground rules that are in place to keep everyone’s kid’s safe.