Re: A tyranny by any other name
This is one of those issues I have to completely disagree with what appears to be AC consensus. Children are not old enough or knowledgeable enough to make these calls, and having them immunizing is a decision that affects them, other children and society as a whole.
This isn't a tough, risky decision with a lot of downswide and limited upside. It's, IMO, a clear decision with many, many benefits and extremely limited downside. Having children be immunized seems to be within both the child and school's best interest, and I fail to see why even under a free market system you would end up with many schools that don't require it.
You might say this means the government isn't necessary for this, and I don't necessarily disagree. Immunization is such an obviously good thing that it would hopefully continue under any circumstance. It seems to me that this is simply a case of arguing tyranny for the sake of it.
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