LogFAQs > #954111532

In terms of personal medical autonomy, I don't like it. People should have the freedom to decide whether or not they want a given medical treatment, not have it forced on them by external requirements.

That said, I don't see any way around it. It's really the only way to prevent serious communicable diseases, and with the growing anti-vaxx movement, not requiring vaccines will result in preventable deaths. That's the simple reality of it, whether we're talking Covid or TB, and as much as infringing personal autonomy isn't ideal, that's a lesser evil than causing preventable deaths. It's also not like there's no precedent: med schools have been requiring proof of vaccination for decades because people need to be able to trust that their doctors aren't going to infect them with serious diseases. Exceptions can exist as needed (allergies, immunocompromise, etc.), but broadly, vaccines are needed.

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