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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Junk food is not contagious.

Sedentary lifestyle aren't contagious.

Recreational drug use isn't, either, but when you jeopardize other lives doing it (e g, intoxicated driving), you face penalties and can be arrested.

C'mon, PP. You know the difference. It's not just about making bags choices -- it's about [b]making bad choices that put others at immediate clear risks[/b]. This isn't punishment for making bad choices, but it is instead protecting people from the immediate risks from those choices.[/quote]

Being anti-vaccine is not contagious either. I think what you mean to say is that there is not the same degree of negative externalities that result from a drug user as there are from an antivaxxer. I am not defending antivaxxers, but that is simply wrong. Having a friend that does meth makes that person's friends far likelier to get addicted to meth. [/quote]
Manufacturing, selling and even possessing meth are crimes. We don’t dismiss using meth as simply a “lifestyle choice.”[/quote]

If that distinction matters, it is more reason-- not less-- treat it punitively. [/quote]
I don’t understand what you’re saying. You think people who are anti vax are treated more punitively than meth users?[/quote]

No. The proposal I am responding to is that antivaxxers should be denied medical care. When I pointed out that we don't do that for meth users, the response was offered that meth is illegal.  I am simply pointing out that, if you are using legality of conduct to determine what to treat, it feels backwards to say you should treat something *because* it is illegal. [/quote]
Thank you. -DP[/quote]

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