Replies to post #497979 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[sortagreen]

Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The Court's decision articulated the view that individual liberty is not absolute and is subject to the police power of the state. Jacobson has been invoked in numerous other Supreme Court cases as an example of a baseline exercise of the police power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts

[janice shell]

Remember when public health measures to protect us from the spread of contagious diseases was.....unremarkable to most people? Now we have ahistorical nitwits crying 'my body my choice' without manifesting the slightest sense of irony.

Yes. It is SO STUPID. Armed with their conspiracy theories drawn from the "research" they've done on YouTube, they think they know better than scientists and medical professionals.

[fuagf]

Building mistrust in government and expertise. All in the interests of servicing the most wealthy.

"Some of the most alarming government actions since the COVID pandemic began have weakened state authority to safeguard public health. At least 26 states have removed traditional powers from local health departments, the institutions tasked with protecting us.

New state laws, for example, take away or limit health officials’ abilities to require masks, promote vaccinations, close restaurants and schools or even impose quarantines.

These limitations on local authority might seem inevitable in a country where voters often fear government overreach. But in fact these changes run counter to the historical trend in the U.S., which has overwhelmingly been to increase public health powers during epidemics."

More money means relatively little to them. More power means more.