How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning

Re:How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning by EpicEng on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:40PM (#13656083)

I'm not. These people represent a huge risk to those around them. We put people in tiny cells for less.

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Re:How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning by astrodust on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @06:05PM (#13656324)

Stealing a $1 candy bar can mean a life in jail if it's your third strike.

Deliberately avoiding vaccinations for your kids and causing a measels outbreak in a school where multiple children die carries no penalty. Maybe it should.

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Re:How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning by jdoliner on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:57PM (#13656258)

Do we? Last time I checked we put people in cells for committing crimes. What sorts of prisoners are you talking about here? It's not obvious to me but perhaps I'm being thick.

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Re:How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning by EpicEng on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:59PM (#13656274)

No, we put people in cells because they represent a threat to the general public. Of course, it doesn't always play out that way in reality, but their are a limited number of options re punishment as well.

Society has a right to protect itself. If your decisions put my life, as well as thousands of others, in danger unnecessarily then you represent a significant risk.

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