Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung

Re:Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still re... by emodendroket on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @11:42PM (#29022140)

The government already has such power so let's quit pretending otherwise and use it for the public weal IMO.

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Re:Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still re... by psychlops on Thursday October 28, 2021 @09:14AM (#29025694)

There isn't a single country with 100% vaccination rate, I highly doubt there will ever be. Trusting that the definition of "public weal" won't change once given such power is naive. I wish it worked that way.

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Re:Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still re... by emodendroket on Thursday October 28, 2021 @10:27AM (#29026513)

Again, what I'm telling you is that the government already has extraordinary power to take away your freedoms. Look into American incarceration rates for instance. The bad part of government power I'm supposed to be worried about is already here.

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