Maybe the more interesting question/debate would be, was making the Covid vaccine pretty much mandatory for all ages, even for those at minimal risk and/or who’d already had Covid, the right decision
Following on from CDs post, the vaccine would’ve had a far better risk v reward for the elderly and those with certain health conditions, compared with for young people, in good health who’d already had Covid. Everyone was getting Covid with or without the jab so presume herd immunity benefit (from mandating vaccine) probably goes out the window.
Never sat quite right with me encouraging young kids to have it (which from memory was even worse around Europe)
anyway, back to trump, surely he’s said something weird, funny or offensive today
I had measles, it was a few days feeling poorly that's all. I also had Scarlet Fever for which there has never been a vaccine, pretty much the same a few days feeling poorly & confined to my bed. This was when I was maybe 6 or 7. It's nutritionally compromised and medically vulnerable children that may suffer more. Anyway the MMR vaccine isn't risk free, the US Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) records more deaths after MMR injections than measles deaths.
The UK does not routinely vaccinate against TB as part of the NHS vaccination schedule though when I was 13 everybody as school was given a jab, later the practice was discontinued. The NHS advises that the BCG vaccine helps protect against tuberculosis (TB). Doesn't that imply it can't prevent TB infections.
There are pros and cons to all these treatments. You must make your own decisions, I guess we don't agree but I am firm in my believe it is unethical to force anyone to accept medical treatment they don't want for whatever reason.
Nah it’s unethical to spread disease to vulnerable people because you’ve got the information parsing ability of a cabbage and think disagreement makes you clever.