I was required to be vaccinated in the 90s to go to school. THERE WAS NO EXEMPTION THAT MY PARENTS KNEW OF BACK THEN... why did all this shit suddenly start popping up in the last 5 years.
there's always a good portion of the population that is just outright stupid. people easily swayed and duped and gullible. but now we also have a rise in decadence and narcissism and the internet gives these morons a profound and over inflated sense of self worth and intellectual value. they can watch some youtube video and call that "research" and come up with ridiculous conclusions with no basis in fact.
i mean, look at the trolling in this thread. it's very clear it is not "forced vaccination" and rather than converse or engage in a dialogue, the trolling is just repeating the same stupid shit. either they do it on purpose because they are paid trolls (which is a newer phenomenon to stir up controversy and break apart civil discord) or they are just so full of themselves that it's the only thing they can turn to in order to maintain their perspective.
it's a common behavioral trend among all conspiracy theorists. 9/11 was thoroughly debunked multiple times, yet we can still get a 50 page thread now of people repeating the same stupid shit. flat earthers are a newer thing despite the fact that a very clear lack of education and critical thinking is being buried for the sake of a "crusade." it's all a conspiracy theorist really is - some poor fuck with nothing going on in their lives feeling like they are a hero in a world that is otherwise blind to major villains.
but vaccination conspiracies are the worst of the worst because now it is affecting our very health as a society. but in a free society, you cannot "force" a vaccination, it must be an option. but the entire point of freedom in america is the balance between public and private affairs. the bill of rights themselves orbit around this very distinction and rights differ greatly depending on which realm you are in. and in general, you have far more privacy rights in your own home and life than you do in public.
so states just need to be very forceful and unapologetic about this. if you want to engage in the public realm and use public services like schools, you need to be vaccinated. i think it needs to be a requirement for anything where gobs of people congregate in public. if you use public transportation, airports, even walking crowded streets in cities. we've become so arrogant to think we've conquered this planet, but illness is still one of our greatest threats and can cause widespread destruction with no way of stopping it. vaccinations have been our most valuable weapon in combating dangerous diseases, and for this to even be a problem because of idiots is something society really can't bend over backwards for.
either get your vaccinations or fucking stay home. fucking idiots.