Wow, The Federalist's Ben Domenech Really Makes Some Excellent Points About Vaccine Mandates

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.wonkette.com/wow-the-federalist-s-ben-domenech-really-makes-some-excellent-points-about-vaccine-mandates

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I've just gotta pause here because wow that is just what I was saying earlier today. The unvaccinated want to enjoy the benefits and the freedom of being vaccinated without getting vaccinated themselves, and that's just not right. It's not fair to the rest of us who did the responsible thing and got vaccinated.

If the decline in [...] vaccination continues, perhaps the federal government could take the step of making access to the child tax credit contingent upon vaccination. If we're going to have redistributive social engineering in the tax code, it may as well be for children who aren't carrying disease around Disneyland.

That is certainly an idea!

Domenech also shared a very interesting quote from Richard Epstein, writing for the rightwing think tank The Hoover Institute, noting that it is the government's responsibility to protect citizens from communicable disease in this manner, as citizens have no other legal recourse against those who infect them with communicable diseases:

The basic soundness of the constitutional recognition of a police power to deal with communicable diseases is beyond dispute. Even in a free state, quarantines are the only reliable remedy to protect the health of the public at large from the spread of disease. It is sheer fantasy to think that individuals made ill could bring private lawsuits for damages against the parties that infected them, or that persons exposed to imminent risk could obtain injunctive relief against the scores of persons who threaten to transmit disease. The transmission of disease involves hidden and complex interconnections between persons that could not be detected in litigation, even assuming that it could be brought in time, which it cannot.

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[EarlG]

1. Omg

There's quite the twist to this article if you read the whole thing!

[Nevilledog]

2. Right?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. I'm glad I did. Now I can go back to hating that prick.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Really-- everyone should read it all.

[niyad]

5. So meghan's dirtbag husband continues to be a hypocritical,

lying piece of filth. Colour me soooooo not surprised.

[Boomerproud]

6. Isn't that Meaghan McCain's husband?

Or am I totally wrong.