Vaccine mandates are constitutional

Vaccines should be made mandatory because the government has the right to do so. Vaccine mandates are constitutional. The US Supreme Court has heard several challenges to these mandates. But, the Courts have maintained that these mandates are constitutional because federal and local governments have a duty to protect their citizens. ^[1] State and local governments in the United States have mandated immunizations as a prerequisite for attending public schools for quite some time.^[2] This is because the government has the power to impose reasonable regulations to protect the public health of the public, even when such regulations impose on individual rights.^[1] Vaccines may impose on individual rights, but vaccines are not an individual choice. The decision to vaccinate or not has consequences. When people choose against vaccination, they can make others sick, and in the most extreme cases, cause death. Vaccines should be mandatory because the right to individual liberties does not include the liberty to harm others.