[FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

[Bethany Schroeder]

I wish we all had the good sense do the right thing (and to know what's 
right) without the State making our actions mandatory.

Bethany



Andy Goodell wrote:
> I am not trying to say that antibacterial soap is the same thing as vaccinations. I am just pointing out that we can debate at what line we think is acceptable forever. Who is to say that we all need to use vaccinations, antibiotics, or soap?
> And what about Gardasil? I know it's probably been tested for 10 years, but it scares me to know that something affecting the reproductive system appears to have came out all of a sudden that some people want all teenage females to take.
> I just don't want this to turn into a "I Am Legend" scenario (or what's that other recent movie where no more children were born?) where we think we made great health advances only to find out later that it caused much worse problems. (I'm not saying that vaccinations are going to turn us into a dark-seeking blood thirsty species though!)
> 
> I've seen it happen with GMOs and biofuels where the government and most people are fooled into thinking some great advance will help us support more people (or crops), only to realize later that maybe it wasn't the best direction after all. And when we start directly involving health instead of food and fuel, I get more worried.
> I am not really taking a side on whether NY should make vaccines mandatory, I just have some concerns with it as a concept.
> -Andy
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