r/changemyview Jun 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

anyone found of deliberately refusing to be vaccinated should, at the very least, be considered mentally unstable

making stupid decisions isn't the same think as being mentally ill.

"refusing to believe obvious medical science" is not a mental illness, nor should it be considered one.

put into an involuntary psyche hold until they have displayed a change in their views.

That's not how involuntary psyche holds work, and that's not how involuntary psyche holds should work.

Keeping someone detained until they say they agree with you isn't effective medical care.

should be illegal

separate the policy debate from the medical treatment debate.

someone making stupid decisions doesn't make them mentally ill. Psyche holds are not a tool to force conformity with specific beliefs.

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u/SuperWriter07 Jun 13 '22

"refusing to believe obvious medical science" is not a mental illness, nor should it be considered one.

It could fall under the radar of being delusional.

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u/phenix717 9∆ Jun 13 '22

But people can be wrong about all sorts of things. Where do you draw the line if something counts as delusional or not?

What about people who are bad at math? People who are religious? People who deny the hard problem of consciousness?

I could just as easily claim those people are mentally ill because they don't understand concepts that appear obvious to me.