Re:Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage
by cies on Saturday August 04, 2018 @08:01PM
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> Would you call it discrimination to specifically target poor people to receive government aid?
Yes. It is called positive discrimination, because the object of discrimination is advantaged by it.
> so it does not appear to be discriminatory.
You want to choose the vaccination schedule yourself, now you have to pay a fine (or not receive a benefit: close to the same thing). It is said to prevent harm from occuring, but apparently the person who's making the decision here believes the Finnish schedule (which is 1/2-1/3 of the US schedule in size) is better for them.
No choice for the poor, all the choice to the rich. Discriminatory policy if you ask me.
Yes. It is called positive discrimination, because the object of discrimination is advantaged by it.
> so it does not appear to be discriminatory.
You want to choose the vaccination schedule yourself, now you have to pay a fine (or not receive a benefit: close to the same thing). It is said to prevent harm from occuring, but apparently the person who's making the decision here believes the Finnish schedule (which is 1/2-1/3 of the US schedule in size) is better for them.
No choice for the poor, all the choice to the rich. Discriminatory policy if you ask me.