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HB:

Why does Covid vaccination not follow the same logic as smallpox vaccinations and polio vaccinations did?  For 99% of the people who refuse to get vaccinated, it's politics.  They're on the side where they demonstrate fealty to their political leader by not getting vaccinated and not wearing masks, while demanding that the economy be fully opened up.

IMO, there are public health considerations that supersede an individual "right" to not be vaccinated.  That's just my opinion about morality of anti-vaxxing.

Legally, I say again, there is no constitutional right not to be vaccinated.  If there's no law mandating vaccination, then obviously, the anti-vaxxer can give the middle finger to everyone else in society and refuse to get vaccinated.  But if/when that law comes down, then anti-vaxxers can't hide behind their "rights."

Re your rhetoric below:
I do not assume that I personally have the right to make anybody's decision for them.  I do believe that the government--which we collectively control through our votes--can abridge certain rights during emergencies, and I suspect that you would to if Covid-19 weren't the issue.  There are many examples of government abridgements of "rights" during emergencies.  Burn bans during droughts.  Curfews during riots.  Quarantines during pandemics.  Speech limitations during wars.  Do you see those as being fundamentally different from the current situation with Covid?  If so, please explain why.

You implicitly expecting that I should never agree with anything OAM says is an example of the politicization of this issue.  He's left-of-center, therefore I am supposed to disagree with everything he posts.  That's wrong.  I don't check to see what you have posted, or what betarho has posted, or what Afro has posted, or what Utee has posted, and trim my argument accordingly.  I just post what I think is right in response to what I think is wrong.

I’d assume the question would probably jump to the possibility that vaccinated people are less likely to carry it and therefore expose others who can’t get the vaccine for some reason of another.

But the more interesting part is this “They feel they are young and healthy and their odds of having any serious complications are close to nothing.” This gets into sort of an odd spot. The chances of vaccine complications are very likely closer to nothing. And people all the time are good at deciding the odds are in their favor in less than ideal situations. (The odds that come thing bad will happen when you drive drunk are actually pretty low, but it’s not a choice we really let people make). 

This isn’t to speak on the policy element, more that the idea that “I think I’ll be fine” is one that is often wrong and boxed in plenty of times when needed. Likewise, people often overstate risks of certain things that likely won’t happen to them. It’s a fascinating bit of psychology. 

I was watching local news this morning and they were interviewing a lady who was not yet vaccinated, and she said although she had no medical reason not to get vaccinated, she just was unsure about getting the vaccine.

She was wearing a mask, and said she was very concerned about the risks associated with the virus, and stated that she thought we should all just wear masks to help slow the spread.

So... I guess there's also that group of people.