Should Childhood Vaccines Be Mandatory?
Hell yes!
Well, let me qualify that. It’s really, really important to have everybody vaccinated against a whole host of diseases — like
- the ones that killed nearly all of my uncles and aunts years before I was born; or
- The Smallpox that killed hundreds of millions over the past century or two before it was eradicated; or
- the polio that put my dad in an iron lung; or
- the mumps, chickenpox, measles, rubella, and hepatitis that I suffered through as a kid; or
- the shingles that I got a year or so ago because I had chickenpox as a kid*; or
- So many others, including diphtheria, pertussis, and all the rest.
I can think of some exceptions Let me list them.
If you never ride public transportation (including taxis and rental cares); AND
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