Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex...
by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @01:58PM
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> Bodily autonomy for free adults of sound mind is absolute.
There's no jurisdiction on the planet in which this is true. Certainly not the USA.
> let's not distort the discussion by inventing fake rights that appear nowhere in the US Constitution
The Constitution itself openly and clearly shoots down this idea in the Bill of Rights, in the Ninth Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
George Washington himself instituted a vaccine mandate. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/smallpox-inoculation-revolu...
I think a lot of the recent backlash was based on false claims by politicians and public health officials that COVID-19 vaccine mandates were necessary to protect others. But in reality the scientific evidence indicated that the vaccines had little or no benefit for reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. That discrepancy in messaging eroded public trust and made some people believe that authorities had ulterior motives.