Why mandatory vaccination is not opposed to libertarian principles

Published March 5, 2019 11:04pm ET



Just one day after bravely standing for the Constitution and against President Trump’s unconstitutional national emergency declaration, the occasionally libertarian Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spent a Senate health committee hearing promulgating the fatal and idiotic lie that laws requiring vaccinations violate individual freedom.

It was a nice 24 hours, and quite frankly, I hope the senator takes a monumental step back and realizes the fallacy he presented to the public.

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