Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech for use by Americans over 12 years of age. This is good news for those who want or need to get vaccinated.
But what about those who don’t want to be stung? No matter your reasons for refusing to get vaccinated. Frankly, it’s nobody’s business. But surely, somewhere in the U.S. Constitution, it says people have the right to refuse to take a drug that the government has ordered.
Right?
Not exactly. And, according to a couple of cheeky people writing to CNN.com, the government has the perfect right to force him to get the vaccine. And you can’t do anything damn good about it.
The bioethicist, Professor Arthur Caplan of New York University, has presented a compelling argument for the moral mandate to require vaccination. Appearing with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a briefing last month to address the city that forced all municipal workers to be vaccinated, he argued that the new policy “has good ethical sense and of public health “and that” it will help everyone by keeping the COVID outbreak under control. “
We agree, but we also believe that the public needs to better understand that there is no constitutional right to avoid vaccination mandates against a deadly disease.
The two authors of the opinion – Marci Hamilton, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and CEO of CHILD USA, and Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics – also believe that the state you can vaccinate your child even if you are against it.
Regarding children, parents do not have carte blanche. At that time, children were owned by their parents, but this is no longer the case. Children are “persons” according to the Constitution and, according to the judgment of Prince v. Massachusetts, parents have no constitutional right to martyr their children. Parents have an obligation to protect the health and life of their children, which means that school district mandates that reduce the risk of death for children should be enforceable, period.
It’s scary, and the tortuous and complicated logic they use to justify their unconstitutional takeover is insane. But what can we do? These are the “experts” who know what is best for us, so we should listen and obey.
Well … usually.
For example, it is well established that governments may ban shouting “fire” in a crowded theater, because that speech can lead to death as attendees run to the exits. It is true that the First Amendment speech clause protects “freedom of expression,” but there is no obligation that the government cannot avoid scenarios that are likely to lead to death.
The same reasoning applies to vaccine warrants. The Supreme Court explicitly upheld Jacobson’s vaccine orders against deadly diseases, explaining: “The rights of the individual to his or her liberty may, at times, under the pressure of great danger, be subject to such restrictions.” for such regulations, as may be required by the safety of the general public. “We live in a country of orderly freedom, not of individual autonomy that paves the way for the death of others. In short, it is not the right of all American citizens to catch and transmit a life-threatening infection.
No, the “same reasoning” does not apply to vaccine warrants. In fact, the Supreme Court cuts exemptions for warrants by writing that “this restriction, reasonable regulations… “There is nothing” reasonable “in forcing everyone to get vaccinated, including children vaccinated against their parents’ wishes.
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If the mortality rate of COVID-19 cases was very high and indiscriminately killed people (including children), the government still could not fix a barrier and give you the vaccine. It is a fascist and draconian idea that places the government in a higher position than the individual when the Constitution says otherwise.
Perhaps good doctors would feel more comfortable practicing in North Korea or some other enlightened dictatorship.