Why Informed Consent Matters in the 21st Century November 07, 2017
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Informed consent means you have the right to be fully informed about the benefits and risks of a medical intervention and the freedom to make a voluntary decision about whether or not to accept those risks without being coerced or punished for your decision
Informed consent applies not just to risks taken by participants in scientific experiments, but also to risks taken by patients under the care of physicians
Vaccination must remain a choice because it is a medical intervention performed on the body of a healthy person that carries a risk of injury or death, and this risk cannot be calculated or determined ahead of time
People are born with different genes and a unique microbiome. As a result, we do not all respond the same way to drugs and vaccines, and vaccine risks are therefore not being borne equally by everyone in society
Utilitarianism, which decrees that some people are expendable for the good of the majority, is a pseudo-ethic that must be rejected as the moral foundation of public health policy and law
Einstein risked arrest for this back in the 1930s, and I urge you to stand your ground against medical authorities and the government on this vital issue. Vaccination MUST remain a choice because there is a massive gap in scientific knowledge, and the risks are catastrophic. Where there is risk, there must be choice!
