Joachim,
Mandating that individuals inject a substance into their bodies under threat of losing employment, access to education, or participation in public life is a textbook violation of bodily autonomy, one of the most fundamental individual rights. It substitutes personal consent with state coercion. I personally think you should be free to be an anti-vaxxer. However, if that leads to you having fewer options for employment, that's the consequence of your own decision.
As for education, that's for every state and local school district to decide on their own. There are arguments for and against vaccine mandates, but the arguments against them basically boil down to accommodating the irrational fears of wackadoodle parents at the risk of exposing more kids to diseases, including those that vaccines have previously eradicated. That's a balancing act that should be decided by local communities, not overarching authoritarians at the state and federal levels.
Finally, if you can't "participate in public life" because you chose to be an anti-vaxxer, boo fukkin' hoo. That's your problem, not ours. We shouldn't have to make you feel comfortable anymore than we should have to make transgendered people feel better by "shouting our pronouns."
In short, you are free to do whatever the F you want to your own body. But if your decisions turn you into a superspreader, then you start to intrude upon MY freedom and that of the rest of society.
That's something that you can't argue against, so you have to make up for it with anti-vax disinformation.
Tenchusatsu
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