"Their hands are too small. Sometimes they are sticky, and no one knows why. They say they're eating their dinner, but you can see that they are just pushing it around on their plate. They come up to you on the sidewalk and tell you their whole life story for 10 minutes, wearing face paint from a birthday party three days ago. Some afternoons they announce that they are sharks,"
"Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow. If we lose herd immunity, we will bring back diseases that had formerly been eliminated, and some children who would otherwise have been protected will perish. But no price is too high to pay in this pointless war against decades of lifesaving science. Confusingly, this effort is being taken up"
"Who am I as a government or anyone else, who am I as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body? Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body? I don't have that right."
Florida eliminated all vaccine mandates, presenting the decision as a defense of individual bodily autonomy for parents and children. The state's surgeon general asserted that government lacks the right to tell people what to put in their bodies. Removing mandates threatens herd immunity and risks the return of previously eliminated diseases, exposing unvaccinated children to serious harm and death. The move follows anti-vaccine advocacy and could inspire similar actions in other states. The policy stands in stark contrast to strict abortion limits, reflecting inconsistent approaches to bodily autonomy and the value placed on current children.
Read at The Atlantic
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