A recent argument in GOP politics has regarded mandatory vaccinations and if they violate our freedom. In a rudimentary world, this would clearly be a violation of our patriotic right to control the outcome of our own bodies (or our children's bodies). The problem is, we don't live in a state where people are in unconnected communities. Our environment brings us into contact with individuals who travel all over the world, thus exposing us to all of the world's diseases. As a nation, we use laws to defend ourselves against military, economic, and even cultural enemies and it makes sense that we defend ourselves against health problems associated with devastating diseases.
Contaminated individuals can spread diseases to others (ex. children who haven't finished their full immunization cycle because some vaccines take multiple doses, or people who have accepted a vaccine but are of the small percent who remain unprotected, etc.). Human nature obligates us to help sick people, so those who refuse vaccines and get sick are a tax to our vital resources. Speaking of taxes, resources, and health care..... This is one of my main arguments for universal health care. If a person with a seriously debilitating disease gets sick and ignores a visit to the hospital because they don't have health insurance, and then that person spreads the sickness to others, we could easily have a serious health crisis on our hands (think Ebola). That's what makes the health care debate a national issue, not a personal decision, and in the national interest of security and defense, it is imperative that everyone has access to health care.
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