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Originally Posted by Major
I'm certainly no expert on vaccination. My guess is that a libertarian would take the position that a parent is free to vaccinate or not vaccinate. My (child's) body, my choice.
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I believe you are correct. But there is a logical disconnect between claiming that NH is “different” with its traditional libertarian bent when the vast majority of parents in NH choose to vaccinate their children. They chose this because they understand that vaccinating makes medical and scientific sense.
There is a clear medical consensus that wearing a mask DOES decrease the risk of transmitting Covid 19 to others.
So protecting children from dying from whooping cough is OK but protecting the over 20% of NH vulnerable residents is against libertarian principles?
If you don’t want to wear a mask, then don’t; but justifying it
because of traditional NH libertarian principles seems a bit of a stretch.