“Or just help yourself and people around you to stay healthy. Just get the shot.”
I recently saw this comment on a social media post. Quite frankly, this comment pisses me off.
No, we do not have to get the shot.
People can get the shot if they want to. People can choose not to get the shot if that is what they prefer. Both options are equally good and equally valid.
People have a fundamental right not to get the shot.
It really is not a difficult concept to understand.
How dare this person order other people to get a shot? What right does this person have to do such a thing?
How dare this person presume that he/she has the right to tell other people what they must do with their bodies?
Also, getting the shot doesn’t necessarily help a person to stay healthy. Even if it did, people have a fundamental right to decide for themselves what measures, if any, to take to stay healthy. People have a fundamental right to decide for themselves what risks, if any, to take with their health. Additionally, people have no obligation to help the people around them stay healthy. A person’s health is his/her own business, not the business of others.
The attitude demonstrated by this person reminds me of the screaming, angry rant of a sports commentator who, during the halftime of an NBA game, viciously insulted Kyrie Irving for his decision to abstain from the vaccine. “Just get a damn shot!” he shouted, as part of a stream of vitriol and abuse.
This nastiness towards someone who did nothing wrong completely baffles me and blows my mind. Why would someone feel anger towards Kyrie Irving for a medical decision that he made about his own body? The medical decisions that Kyrie makes are no one’s business but his. How could someone be angry about something that is none of his business?
I have the right to make decisions about my body. You have the right to make decisions about your body. You do not have the right to make decisions about my body.
Kyrie has the right to make decisions about Kyrie’s body. A nasty, yelling commentator does not have the right to make decisions about Kyrie’s body.
Contrary to said commentator’s claim, Kyrie actually doesn’t have to get a shot if he doesn’t want to.
His body, his choice.
The attitude demonstrated by both the social media commenter and the TV analyst is immoral, illogical, and incomprehensible. This attitude pisses me off, and it needs to stop, yesterday.
People have a fundamental right not to get the shot.
You have no right to order them to get it.
It really is that simple.