Re:California school kids must get Covid vaccine under new bill
by peteradio on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:59PM
(#30066473)
> Even if COVID-19 didn't hurt kids directly, a rational state could require them to get vaccinated to tamp down on a major source of community spread
Prove this first, then weigh the risk/benefits publicly.
> The U.S. government still runs the military draft,
The United States military has been all-volunteer since 1973, no?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/unvaccinated-5x-more...
Even if COVID-19 didn't hurt kids directly, a rational state could require them to get vaccinated to tamp down on a major source of community spread and protect people who are hurt more by the virus.
Getting vaccinated is far from the worst thing the government makes people do. The U.S. government still runs the military draft, and has forced unwilling people to go fight and die in miserable circumstances for a cause they think is unjust. By comparison, getting a vaccine to protect the community is small potatoes.