When Do We Decide This Is About The Public's Health?

George Washington required smallpox vaccinations for members of the Continental Army.

In 1898, New Orleans refused to let international ship passengers into the city during a Yellow Fever breakout.

Reading history is fun. JD should try it.

— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) August 3, 2021

My favorite part of that is that we don't have smallpox today because of vaccinations.  I got one as a child; my daughter didn't have to.

Should we declare retroactive "freedumb!" and release the smallpox contained in government refrigerators?  Again, we forcibly vaccinate children (do they have a choice if the parents agree to it?), and fortunately many of those vaccines (especially polio) are good for life.  If you're stupid enough not to want a booster for measles, mumps, rubella, etc., at least most of us aren't, and herd immunity helps a lot.  But we can't require (okay, force) you to get a covid vaccine because:  adulthood?  But we can require you to wear a seatbelt, not smoke in public places, dress appropriately, etc.?

When did "freedom" become a suicide pact? 

I really don't understand this.

This is like arguing that some people wearing seatbelts die in car accidents, therefore seatbelts shouldn't be mandated https://t.co/pnkWbOw3IE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 3, 2021

Why are people so judgmental about people who don't give a shit about public health or the health of others? Besides, we tried it your way! Now everybody needs to get sick!

It’s a death cult.  That’s all it is, it’s a death cult.  And if DeSantis doesn’t want to be in charge, if he doesn’t want to do what government officials are supposed to do, he needs to resign and sit on the sidelines and piss and moan.

After 3,000 were killed on 9/11, America embarked on a major government and societal restructuring to prevent it from happening again. After 600,000 died (and counting) from covid, the US government has initiated no comparable effort. ⁦@yayitsrob⁩ https://t.co/01AhH4qdHn

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 3, 2021

That goes for much of Congress, too.  I’ve had it with this “Government can’t do jack shit” stuff.  It goes back at least to Gingrich.  It’s the metastasized, cancerous version of “Government shouldn’t help people, only business.”  Now government shouldn’t help anybody, except occasionally hand out money. Government can do a hellvua lot more than that.