PUBH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Smallpox Vaccine, Common Good, Individual And Group Rights
Document Summary
Individual rights trump actions taken for the common good. Anti vaxxers: compulsory vaccination is a crime and slaughters tens of thousands of innocent children. Media: this was a conflict between intelligence and ignorance, civilization and barbarism. British parliament passes a conscience clause , exempts from compulsory vaccination any parent who can successfully convince the court that vaccination would be dangerous for his child. Ma was one of 11 states that had compulsory vaccination laws. Compulsory vaccination laws for schools were deemed constitutional. Recognized the states" police power to delegate authority to public health agencies or boards of health. Individuals" beliefs against vaccination were not sufficient excuses for noncompliance. Exemptions could be granted for physical conditions that increased risks for adverse effects from immunization. Henning jacobson"s refuses town order requiring all adults to receive smallpox vaccination. Ma court rejected his arguments that compulsory inoculation violated state and. Ruling rejected jacobson"s claim that 14th amendment provides right to refuse vaccination.
