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Requiring people to vaccinate is a power that’s been granted to governments for 100 years by the US supreme court. It is a very long-standing precedent, for extremely good reason.



Which governments have the power to require vaccinations?


State governments.

>A state may enact a compulsory vaccination law, since the legislature has the discretion to decide whether vaccination is the best way to prevent smallpox and protect public health.

Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/




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