Are Measles the New Red Scare?

“Do we want to create a society of totalitarian medical rule where you don’t have a choice in anything that is dictated to you by the government and pharmaceutical companies? “ ~ Roman Bystrianyk, in “Measles: The New Red Scare” in “Foreign Policy Journal” https://tinyurl.com/yakeas45 See also “Why Measles is the Quintessential Political Issue of Our Time”, in The New Yorker https://tinyurl.com/y4oqnhg3

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Pikachu

No.
It's a much leas serious problem.
Unlike polio which was also eradicated by vaccination. Making policy for the demonstrable and objective good of public health is a good thing.
You might just as well get upset about making food vendors wash their hands or wear gloves.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

That food vendor thing is something that needs serious enforcement. @Pikachu

Pikachu

@jackjjackson

So are vaccines and the enforcement thereof works to the same goal.

MaryJanine · 70-79, F

Food vendors are required to wash their hands or wear disposable gloves. it has been a law since I can remember. Would you care to eat something prepared by one who has dirty hands, transforming a possible illness to you that he or she was carrying into your dish or meal? I think not.