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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You are more optimistic than I am. I worry a particularly “slanted” Supreme Court might interpret school vaccine requirements, quarantine, etc. as coercive violations of bodily autonomy.

Maybe if the amendment had a limited public heath exception and some protections for doctors. But the wording would be tricky.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

After what China allegedly did during Covid, I think we should think very carefully about the specific conditions of a legalized and forced quarantine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Yeah, that’s why any exception would have to be narrow and carefully worded and I’m not even sure it would be possible.

Both risks are pretty bad. Make the protections too strong and people will abuse the privilege. Too weak and governments will abuse the exceptions.

Eh, maybe I’m overthinking it. Even the first amendment is understood not to protect certain kinds of speech. Although sometimes I wonder if those exceptions could survive if directly challenged in our modern situation…