The right-wing campaign against vaccinationStatement of the WSWS...

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    The right-wing campaign against vaccination


    The campaign being carried out against mass vaccination is thoroughly right-wing and must be opposed by workers throughout the world.

    In fact, no individual has the “right” to infect others and endanger their lives.

    The safeguarding of public health in a mass society depends on a whole host of regulations: the wearing of seatbelts and speed limits, proscriptions against drunk driving and smoking in public places, maximum occupancies for buildings, rules for handicapped parking and a whole host of other measures.

    It is always the most right-wing forces that oppose the protection of social rights by raising the banner of “individual rights.”

    There is nothing in the least progressive about the campaign against “vaccine mandates.” It is based on appeals to ignorance, fear and anti-scientific prejudice.

    Given the fact that the consequences of an infected person working in a crowded workplace, school or hospital can be catastrophic, the requirement that they be vaccinated is entirely legitimate and necessary.
    https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/29/pers-j29.html


 
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