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Mom of 7-year-old hospitalized with brain swelling from measles: ‘I still wouldn’t have given my son the vaccine’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I'm all for govt enforcing science. Science isn't "how you raise your kids". It's not subjective. It's science since it's fact.

To your point about RFK - think about the analogy of law. We have / had a society where law was relatively objective and was enforced to an extent. That wasn't govt overreach - it was govt doing its job.

But it is unavoidable that a corrupt govt will ignore the law and do illegal things. Same with science - they can already send masked agents to invade your house without a warrant. They can also tell doctors to stop using vaccines.

The only thing we can do in these situations where a fascist is in power is have people resist and ignore them. Doctors will continue to administer vaccines as long as they can.

I think we still need to make it as hard as possible to legitimize this corruption, though. Science-based laws should go through a large approval process first, just like any important law.

Also, doesn't the govt already enforce school curriculums to an extent?