From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:12:28 -0800 (PST)
To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Subject: Re: Market Failures, Monocultures, and Dead Kids (Oh My!)
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In <9HHR4D12w165w@bwalk.dm.com>, on 03/18/97 at 06:21 AM,
   dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) said:


>camcc@abraxis.com (Alec) writes:

>> Tim,
>>
>> There would be more room if your sig weren't so long. :->

>Guys with short dicks use long sigs.

>> As you know, every year there are a certain number of child deaths as a
>> result of reactions to state-mandated innoculations/vaccinations.  Gone too?
>>
>> Perhaps the difference, or rationale, here is the possible spread of disease
>> to others, rather than trying to protect the individual from himself.

>Suppose X chooses to innoculate their kids and Y chooses not to innoculate
>their kids against, say, polio; and Y's kids get it. They're not going to
>give it to someone whose parents chose to innoculate them. (This is a kind
>of borderline example, not unlike circumcision.  The individual affected
>by the choice is too young to understand what it's all about, but doesn't
>want to be stuck with a needle. Why are the parents more qualified to make
>decisions for him than the state?)

The issue of who is more qualified is irrelevent.

The parents are the ONLY ones who have a right to determin the welfare of
their childern. If the parents determin that the risks of reaction to the
innoculation outways the benifits that choice is their's and their's alone.


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