OPINION Defeat COVID-19 by requiring vaccination for all. It's not un-American, it's patriotic.

Via MolonLabe2012 Which Amendment was it that overrides all the others based on "statistical models" from a tiny handful of unelected, unaccountable academics? Like the three doctors from a single University in Ohio who are advocating for mandatory vaccinations, personal Rights be damned. Shocker, none of these Op-eds have a comment section. Gotta keep those echo chambers nice and clean.

Make vaccines free, don't allow religious or personal objections, and punish those who won't be vaccinated. They are threatening the lives of others.

To win the war against the novel coronavirus that has now killed over 158,000 people in this country, the only answer is compulsory vaccination — for all of us.

And while the measures that will be necessary to defeat the coronavirus will seem draconian, even anti-American to some, we believe that there is no alternative. Simply put, getting vaccinated is going to be our patriotic duty.

The reason: When an effective vaccine is available for COVID-19, it will only defeat the pandemic if it is widely used, creating “herd immunity.” It is important to note that, during an epidemic, there is no threshold above which the protection conferred by “herd immunity” cannot be improved. Thus, the more people who are immunized, the lower the risk for all of us, including those who are not vaccinated.

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