44582fbbeClaimThe principle that individual freedom should be secondary to public safety can be weaponized, and its negative externalities outweigh the positive benefitsAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimIn liberal democracies, the balance between personal autonomy and public safety is ideally negotiated democratically over timeAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimIn a democratic system, a government can legitimately make decisions that improve societal health at the expense of some individual freedomsAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimPeople carrying a serious contagious illness are not permitted to go out in publicAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimIndividuals with a very contagious and serious illness should not be permitted in public where they can transmit the disease to othersAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimPrioritizing public health over individual freedom allows people to seize power and unjustifiably abrogate individual freedom during a crisisAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimWhile caution is warranted regarding governments seizing power, society should also be wary of individuals who make others illAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimThe sudden presence of a virulent pathogen with a high mortality rate presents difficult problems for liberal democracies that have no easy solutionsAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimA framework for managing pandemics should be established before a pandemic occursAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimIn the United States, prohibitions against young children going to school for public health reasons were detrimental to their healthAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimPeople who carry serious illnesses have responsibilities towards the community they are inAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimIt is unclear who decides what is in the public's interest and what public health requiresAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimFederal recognition of vaccine injuries would improve public trust in vaccinationAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimA federal medical billing code for vaccine injuries would validate patients’ claimsAgreeDisagree
44582fbbeClaimFederal vaccine-injury research deepens distrust when NIH findings appear politically selectedAgreeDisagree