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Should Anti-Vaxxers receive a murder charge if they get someone else sick and it kills them?
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Anonymous 3w

Manslaughter fits the criteria better. They didn’t intend to kill the other person but their recklessness and negligence did

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Anonymous 3w

I guess if there is intent and you can prove it. But I feel like it’s already illegal to purposely cough on someone against their will

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Anonymous 3w

manslaughter

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Anonymous 3w

Gross negligence and maybe manslaughter but itd be very hard to prove murder

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Anonymous 3w

No, because how the hell would you prove that?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Counterpoint; yes, but it would be extremely difficult to fulfill the burden of proof

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

I just think it’s such a stupid idea - it’d be impossible to implement, and people with compromised immune systems are already so fucked. Imagine having your entire medical records pulled because you were sick during the time someone who died of an illness was sick. This whole post is just pointless virtue signaling

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

I also think this would be a manslaughter situation, rather than murder. Murder requires intent. It’s why drunk drivers typically get charged with manslaughter if they hit and kill someone, because they may not have been intending to kill that person or anyone for that matter, but they did as a result of their prior actions.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

I get your sentiment, but I think this isn’t about people who can’t get vaccinated. It’s about people who can but voluntarily choose not to, while understanding the consequences of that. People who have themselves brought back once eradicated diseases from the dead. I think a more realistic implementation would be charging parents who withhold their children’s right to health in some way, but that would infringe on religious freedom so I’m not sure.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 3w

That is technically assault, based on prior case law. I may be mixing up the details but there was someone who intentionally coughed on a talk show host and was charged with assault for that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Or maybe it was blowing smoke in their face? I’m not sure.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

I think you’re right but I forget if it depends on the state. This came up during COVID

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