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the government has no business in the std business. end of story.


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I'm not sure that I agree with that...
Certainly, the government should be involved in vaccinations as much, or more, than many other things. Should they be involved in flouridation? Social programs? Drug regulation?


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no, no, and no. private sector would do much much better at all of those.


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That's patently ridiculous.
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Transmittable diseases have consequences for society at large, not just the individuals who contract them, and the nature of many diseases is such that you can't partially eliminate them.

[/ QUOTE ] these disease aren't transmittable unless you voluntarily allow them to. as such there is no:
A) market failure
B) negative externalities

there is no grounds for government involvement.


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There are clearly negative externalities....if YOU get sick, I am more likely to get sick. And if you want to make the 'voluntarily allow' argument, then the negative externality is that there are now fewer girls I can [censored].