Upon the principle of self-defense, of paramount necessity, a community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members.
Ì¢âÂÛ Supreme Court of the United States, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (Feb 20th1905)
102 years ago this ruling helped pave the way to a world without smallpox. We are being offered the opportunity to wipe out cervical cancer and people are once again claiming vaccination violates their freedoms. Ridiculous. According to the CDC by age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. This is not a disease that effects some small minority of sexually promiscuous individuals. This is approximately one hundred and twenty two million women in the US. How one could live with being offered the opportunity to save lives and refusing based on a very tenuous civil liberties argument. This isn't a moral question, it's an ethical one. By refusing vaccination you are allowing an entity to exist that will kill approximately 4,000 women a year. Period.
Upon the principle of self-defense, of paramount necessity, a community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members.
Ì¢âÂÛ Supreme Court of the United States, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (Feb 20th1905)
102 years ago this ruling helped pave the way to a world without smallpox. We are being offered the opportunity to wipe out cervical cancer and people are once again claiming vaccination violates their freedoms. Ridiculous. According to the CDC by age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. This is not a disease that effects some small minority of sexually promiscuous individuals. This is approximately one hundred and twenty two million women in the US. How one could live with being offered the opportunity to save lives and refusing based on a very tenuous civil liberties argument. This isn't a moral question, it's an ethical one. By refusing vaccination you are allowing an entity to exist that will kill approximately 4,000 women a year. Period.