Amal Shuq-Up said:
D. C. Bear said:
Married A Horn said:
It doesnt matter - if no one trusts the government then no one trusts the government.
Of course it matters. If someone looks at the data and makes data-driven decisions, they will be healthier and more protected from what is, based on data, a real threat to their personal health. Besides, if "no one trusts the government," why have about 70 percent of Americans decided to "trust the government" and get vaccinated? People need to be smarter than to just come up with a blanket statement of "I don't trust the government so I am not going to believe any information that comes from the government."
Being coerced into submitting to a medical procedure is not the same thing as trusting the government or trusting the data. The government has set a horrible precedent by using people's employers and jobs and freedom of movement as a way to implement the permanent beaurocracy's preferred policies.
It's funny, I am pretty conservative. Voted Republican in every election since Ford. Worked in Government for financial sustainability for 30 year. Pro-life. But, in the last 4 years I have found myself on the opposing side of more issues with conservatives than I can believe, mostly on common sense issues. Been a pretty eye-opening experience.
I am not sure where this view that the Government can't require inoculations. The US has been requiring inoculations since small pox in the Revolutionary War and ever since, Since 1902 States have been requiring inoculations and the Supreme Court ruled that it was allowed. Almost every school requires a variety of shots and has for generations.
Based on the Jacobson Supreme Court case that has withstood numerous challenges from religion, philosophy to individual rights.
"U.S. Supreme Court again acknowledged the viability of the Jacobson holding, leading to the conclusion that, as long as the public health need for widespread vaccination exists, the courts will not recognize a privacy right to refuse state-mandated vaccination and will uphold the police power of states to mandate vaccination."
If the State mandates a vaccination/inoculation (whatever you want to call it), it is allowed to do so. Unless there is an exemption in State law, they can restrict your access. The Feds DO NOT have that power at the State level. I don't get the uproar, it is rather clear cut and settled.
When did being conservative come to mean that no one can tell me what to do or I have the right to ignore law???