Compulsory vaccinations: Where do we draw the line?

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44. I've read the threads

you're referring to, YarnAddict, and I'm not seeing what you're seeing. What I am seeing are a lot of people who are frustrated beyond belief by the ability of a minority of no-nowts to create a public health risk because their "mommy/daddy gut" tells them vaccines are bad.

The calls to charge parents with child abuse is a reaction to that frustration. Yes, there may be a few who really think that should be the case, but the majority are venting. I am furious with the anti-vaxxers and it wouldn't bother me in the least to see them charged with endangering the public health - IF it could be proven that their failure to vaccinate OR quarantine their sick children was at the root of an outbreak. That doesn't mean I think they should have their children removed from the home. It does mean that I think they should be forced to understand that there are consequences to their decision.

This isn't a question of individual right. It is one of public responsibility.