As the coronavirus pandemic starts to ebb, some are discussing a vaccine. It’s great that there’s a promising vaccine already! Absolutely phenomenal! If the vaccine that is currently being tested turns out to be effective, it will be the fastest developed vaccine in history. Seriously: the community has been working on it for less than six months and the expected turn-around time with a fire lit under the scientific community is in the realm of eighteen months. To be so close so quickly is an amazing show of human ingenuity.
I am a fan of vaccines. Vaccines have helped to effectively eradicate some of the most deadly diseases in history. Vaccines and medicines of that ilk make it relatively safe to travel to far-off lands with known widespread infections – or just those with water that the natives can handle but would otherwise be dangerous to foreigners. Modern medicine is a marvel.
But nobody should ever force medicine on a competent individual.
(For anyone wondering why that adjective “competent” is there, it’s because sometimes people aren’t capable of making decisions. I use the term “competent” in the legal sense – effectively, a person who is able to rationally consider decisions. Legally, to be competent, a person must have reached the age of majority and be free from any ailment preventing soundness of mind such as dementia or insanity. Anyone who is incompetent should have a guardian to either assist in the decision making or to make the decisions for them. For example, if a child refuses a vaccination against the flu but the child’s parents insist, the parents win and the child gets the flu shot.)
Some world leaders are making the rounds saying that people should be forcibly vaccinated. “Mandatory vaccinations for all!” Why would the government insist on putting a piece of metal in someone’s body, spill blood, and put a foreign substance in that person’s body? For the public welfare, comes the cry. But why would the government have that kind of right?
There are numerous reasons why someone might not be willing or able to be vaccinated. There are the stubborn people like me (healthy young individuals unafraid of taking the brunt of the virus); there are also many concerned with what else might be snuck in with the vaccine (such as bio-tracking devices which would allow corporations or governments to trace movements and also trace and potentially control various bodily functions). Moreover, there are conscientious objectors – the people who cannot accept a vaccine in good conscience because of how it was made (such as any pro-life activist accepting a vaccine made from aborted children). In addition, there are people for whom taking a vaccine could physically harm them, such as the immuno-compromised or people with allergies.
Regardless of which of these or other reasons someone might ascribe to, the dignity of being human demands that people be able to decide for themselves if they will be injected with something. No government has the right to force its population to endure a vaccination. Many of our leaders need reminding of this, though.
As such, there’s a petition making the rounds: No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus.
I highly recommend taking a look at it. If you are so inclined, please sign it, pass it along to friends and family, and even contact your local representatives. Anyone, regardless of where you are, may sign. If you’re in the United States, I highly encourage you to not only sign but to also call your local, state, and even federal representatives to point out that the Constitution does not permit mandatory vaccinations. Even if you’re not in the United States, there’s a very good chance that there is some government official you can call to air grievances about such a horrendous idea for mandate.
I’ll leave you with this for now: please consider signing the petition against mandatory vaccinations. Even if you intend to get vaccinated when it comes out, there’s no reason for the government to force it on anyone. Please consider the consequences of the simple act of not acting in this circumstance. If we fail to protect our individual liberties at this stage, what next? This is a literal invasion of the body, the piece of creation that God gifted to each of us as individuals. If we can’t stop the government from stabbing us with needles containing synthetic chemicals (the testing of which has been accelerated and cut short due to the pressing requests for it post-haste), how can we claim that there is anything that the government can’t take from us?
Again, here’s the petition – and please share it with family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and anyone and everyone else:
https://bit.ly/2TrRaxs
Let’s stop this assault on individual civil liberties.
