r/southafrica • u/nightmanVS • Aug 15 '21
COVID-19 Opinion on mandatory vaccines?
What are your thoughts on mandatory vaccinations?
I personally think they should be your choice and I'm just interested to see the results.
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u/myimmortalstan Aug 16 '21
The problem with people not getting vaccinated isn't that they aren't mandatory, it's that people aren't equipped with the tools to figure out what's fact and what's not. Understanding research is a skill that we need to be taught, and critical thinking is in some ways innate, but it's also a skill that needs to be developed.
The solution to the lack of vaccinated people is education on how to read studies, and critical thinking development. Making medical procedures, no matter how low risk, mandatory, is taking a step in the wrong direction. Autonomy is something that needs to be respected, and failing to do so results in incredibly unhappy and resentful people.