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@BC8SHXB 3mos3MO
If a parent's decision directly causes another child to get seriously sick or die, that should carry legal consequences just like any other preventable harm. This isn’t about forcing vaccination. It’s about responsibility for harm caused to others. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 89-97% of measles cases are in unvaccinated people. In 2026 alone, 1,200+ measles cases were already reported, mostly outbreak related. 40% of measles cases require hospitalization. Children under 5 have the highest hospitalization rates (over 50%), and critically measl… Read more
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I believe in mandatory vaccinations for non-experimental technology if you wish to utilize public schools and public resources. Medical exemptions should exist, but the government should not have a hand in vaccination of individuals who do not use public infrastructure. Parents and individuals should be civilly and criminally liable if they pass on a disease that kills someone.
@BCTV6VK2mos2MO
I don’t think vaccines should be mandatory because people should have the right to make their own medical choices. But vaccines help protect everyone, and about 90–95% of people need to be vaccinated for diseases like measles to stop outbreaks. If someone chooses not to vaccinate and it leads to others getting seriously sick, especially vulnerable people, they should be held responsible because their choice can harm others.
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I feel like it would be of everyone's best interest for this to happen. The grief of losing someone, let alone a child, is heavy and debilitating. If someone were to pass on an illness that could be harmful to a child, they should be criminally charged with manslaughter. No one's beliefs are worth more than a human life.
@9S2H5SGProgressive2yrs2Y
I think if a parent KNOWINGLY sends their child or themselves out in public while they're sick, they should be held accountable. It is extremely irresponsible to go out while sick and potentially infect others. You never know somebody else's medical needs and issues. What if there was a kid with a potentially life threatening illness like cancer that they infected with a disease like COVID or the flu? Their immune system isn't as strong as other peoples' and they could die. If you absolutely have to go somewhere in public while sick, then you should wear a facial covering.
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I think that if Jimmys parents made Jimmy catch a disease because he’s not vaccinated and then he gets the rest of his class sick and someone goes into the hospital, they should be held liable. It’s like in a car accident where multiple cars are involved, the one who caused the accident usually has to pay the most because it’s their fault. Same thing goes for children in school. If you harm someone else’s thing, you are liable if something happens.
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@9J9H5RJ 2yrs2Y
It wouldn't really be human to force vaccines on someone, but if that parent refuses to vaccinate their kid, and someone else gets sick in the process, maybe even deadly sick, resulting in a fatality, that fault falls on the parent. The child is innocent in this; they don't control when they get a vaccine and when they don't, and now they unknowingly may have killed someone.
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@BDQJT2S 1mo1MO
Parham v. J.R. (1979): The Supreme Court explicitly recognized that American legal tradition presumes that parents possess the authority, and the best intentions, to make medical decisions on behalf of their minor children, rather than the state. https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/protecting-parental-authority-in-vaccination-decisions
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@B2W3JQD 1yr1Y
If it is legally demonstrated that another child has died because of a preventable disease passed on by the parents' child under specific circumstances that could have all been somehow prevented, such as knowingly avoiding a quarantine or social isolation that could have otherwise prevented this death, these parents should be held responsible and charged with manslaughter.
@9FTHZ3D3yrs3Y
If you are going to make a decision that can hurt other people, you have to be able to deal with the consequences. I have the complete freedom to treat everyone how I want to, but I'm not excused from the consequences. I can get fired, I can lose friends, etc, because my choices have consequences. The same goes for everything in life.
@9FM3MHP3yrs3Y
Enforcing legal accountability for parents who knowingly put others at risk by not vaccinating their children is crucial to protect public health. Data shows that vaccine-preventable diseases can lead to severe health consequences and outbreaks when vaccination rates drop. By holding parents criminally liable in cases where their unvaccinated children cause harm to others, we send a strong signal about the importance of community health and individual responsibility.
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