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arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkThe Man in Room 117 | Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make?www.nytimes.com@[email protected] to New York Times gift [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoNo vaccine is 100% effective. Letting people decide to be infected means that they infect others, and kill them. Getting everybody vaccinated meant that the disease became extinct, so nobody dies from it anymore. Mandatory treatment when not getting treated can kill other people is perfectly acceptable.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoWhy kill when there are less damaging options available? No thanks.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoYour bodily autonomy ends when it starts harming other people. You don’t get to deny it to others through your decision to spread disease or leave a violence-inducing case of mental illness untreated.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoAnd when the best defense is to get everybody the treatment?
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No vaccine is 100% effective. Letting people decide to be infected means that they infect others, and kill them.
Getting everybody vaccinated meant that the disease became extinct, so nobody dies from it anymore.
Mandatory treatment when not getting treated can kill other people is perfectly acceptable.
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Why kill when there are less damaging options available?
No thanks.
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Your bodily autonomy ends when it starts harming other people. You don’t get to deny it to others through your decision to spread disease or leave a violence-inducing case of mental illness untreated.
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And when the best defense is to get everybody the treatment?
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