“Externality” Is No Good Excuse for Mandatory Vaccination (Opinion – American Institute for Economic Research)

That the choice to remain unvaccinated against Covid creates some risks for strangers is indisputable. Yet this fact about this choice does not distinguish it from many other choices with similar consequences, nearly all of which choices, again, do not justify government intervention – a fact that holds true even if we confine our attention only to actions that put in greater jeopardy the physical health of others.

Donald J. Boudreaux, PhD – American Institute of Economic Research