Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
They were compulsory for me when I went through High School (The government sent people to each school to give these vaccinations out, which in itself was far more convenient for everyone than arranging individual trips to the Doctor) and I have no problem with that. Forced immunisation is the only way that we can truly cleanse ourselves of some of these serious diseases - look at Smallpox for example. The forced immunisation of millions of people led to the eradication of the virus. While I am by no means saying we will eradicate measles, what I am saying is that we will be saving many people from suffering if we do force them to have these vaccinations.
Fair points, I had my second jab some time around GCSE's or A-Levels, can't remember, but I never questioned whether I could opt out. I just did it.

As to smallpox, I suppose there's an arguement that the more serious a disease the greater the justification for forced immunisation. That begs the question of how serious we think the MMR are.