@article{ref1,
title="Liberty has its responsibilities: Holding non-vaccinators liable for the harm they do",
journal="Human vaccines and immunotherapeutics",
year="2013",
author="Caplan, Arthur",
volume="9",
number="12",
pages="2666-2667",
abstract="&quot;The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.&quot; J.S. Mill On Liberty   &quot;Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else&quot; Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen &quot;The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.&quot; Oliver Wendell Holmes David Ropiek in his useful essay on how society should respond to the risks created by those who choose not to vaccinate themselves or their children does a very useful job of identifying the enormous costs in money and health that non-vaccinators create. ( 1) He also pinpoints the many factors that drive vaccine resistance locating them not in a misunderstanding of the facts but, in fears and negative emotions. ( 1) It is important to pay attention to his message since frequently those who want to try to reduce vaccine hesitation or outright non-vaccination behavior put their faith in education and resort to an invocation of the facts about the value of vaccines when it is fear and emotions that must be addressed. ( 2).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2164-5515",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}