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Consistently Inconsistent With Vaccine Mandates

When it comes to individual freedoms, don’t change based on the topic.

I have heard the refrain many times now about the individual freedom to make choices about COVID-19 vaccines. The argument goes something like this: “It is my body and I get to chose what I do with my body. Government should not mandate or make requirements on what I chose to do as an individual.”

OK, let’s accept that as your abiding philosophy of living. Following that to its natural conclusion, you should not be judgmental about anyone else and what they do with their body, right?

Thus, those adhering to this line of thinking should not have any problem with a woman’s choice to have an abortion or for someone seeking assisted suicide since that is an individual making a choice about “their body and their lives.” Don’t bring up the life of the fetus or unborn child as a reason to oppose abortion. The decision is all about “me” and you don’t have anything to say about what I do with my body.

Taking it further, I wonder what these people do with stop signs and motorcycle helmets. What if I don’t want to stop at a stop sign? My individual freedom trumps anyone else and their health and well being, don’t you agree?

Rather than continue arguing the points above, I’ll just close with the comment that one of the reasons that we have government is to provide for “public health” and not individual health. It was pointed out recently that the fascist pig, George Washington, the so-called father of our nation, mandated that all soldiers in the Continental Army get the small pox vaccination.

Another historical example of government intruding into an individual’s life.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.