Good job not answering the question. But do you feel as strongly about the other 12 vaccinations as you do about Gardasil?
“Good job not answering the question. But do you feel as strongly about the other 12 vaccinations as you do about Gardasil?”
How strongly I *feel* about a particular vaccination does not mean I believe the government has the constitutional or moral authority to force it onto others. Perry apologists are trying to say, “Well, these vaccinations are good so the government should force every child to get it.”
My brother had a child that was born prematurely at home because his wife (unknown to them at the time) had cancer. When the paramedics arrived they refused to give care to the newborn because they decided, before even checking his pulse, that he looked bad and wasn’t going to make it. When my brother got to his home, the paramedics were standing outside smoking and hanging out. He walked inside to see the neighbor (who decided the paramedics were idiots) performing CPR on his newborn son. His baby survived and, no thanks to the paramedics who had oxygen sitting in their truck, suffered permanent brain injuries from a lack of oxygen.
Now his son has a weakened immune system and he CAN’T receive all of the immunizations on the state government mandated schedule.
Not to fear, though, big government’s “concern” for my brother’s son and the general welfare of society over the individual has created a bureaucracy that doesn’t recognize that some kids can’t receive these vaccinations on some “scientifically” calculated schedule. The system created the problem and then punishes the victims.
So to all the so-called “conservative” big government “you don’t need to have any freedom to make a decision that I can make better” folks, THANK YOU! Thank you for giving us an environment where the paramedics can make “choices” like that. Thank you for a bureaucracy that destroys a life and then refuses to assist in the wake of its destruction because, due to their error, the victim can’t comply with government rules.
Yes, my kids have received their vaccinations, but neither you nor Rick Perry nor Barack Obama have the constitutional right or authority to use physical force to vaccinate children.
You believe the government has a higher right to a child than the parent. Okay. I got it. You support Rick Perry. That makes sense. For those of us who believe the parent has a higher claim to their child than the state, they probably won’t support Rick Perry. You aren’t going to win us over. To us, the Gardasil issue is a question of the legitimate power of government, not the effectiveness of Gardasil. So please drop the whole, “vaccinations are good” crap. That’s not why we’re concerned.