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At some point, there is a social contract. In exchange for the benefits of being part of society, you play by the rules of society. For example, I may not dispose of feces in ways that allow it to get back to groundwater. This holds even if it is on my own property. In the same way, people do not have the right to infect others with preventable diseases.

With individual decision about vaccination, the minority gets to overrule the decision of the majority. The majority of people are vaccinated. The majority of people have, in effect, voted for herd immunity. A minority of people have voted against herd immunity. Because it requires 90-95% vaccination rates for herd immunity to occur, the minority wins that "vote". This is unreasonable.



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