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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by scrollaway on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:49AM (#27152533)
What the fuck? You're aware that we vaccinate children for a lot of things, right?

It's not evil, it's common sense. COVID may be the first pandemic you've lived through/remembered, but it's not the first pandemic, and there are far more dangerous diseases out there we don't want coming back.

I was vaccinated as a child of things i am still immune to today.

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by anoncake on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:06AM (#27152620)
> You're aware that we vaccinate children for a lot of things, right?

Yes. So they don't get sick, i.e. it's for their own benefit.

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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by DanBC on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:08AM (#27152629)
We also vaccinate them so they don't infect people who can't be vaccinated.
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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by anoncake on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:13AM (#27152655)
If their own health wouldn't justify a vaccination, we should stop that. They can still consent to get vaccinated out of altruism when they're adult.
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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by scrollaway on Friday May 14, 2021 @09:43AM (#27154204)
Thankfully, you don't make health policy. Stay away from legislation.
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Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla... by cout on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:50AM (#27152858)
Insurance might not cover some vaccinations for an adult. I know for certain this is the case for HPV; it may also be true for others.
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