Should vaccinations be mandatory for all citizens, with few exceptions?

Stance: FOR (they should be mandatory with narrowly tailored exceptions).

Jurisdiction focus: UK/ECHR with comparative US/EU. Word target: ~750.

Author's own note: similar to the liberty vs safety essay — can take ideas and points from there. We are doing the FOR argument here for diversity's and learning's sake.

Definitions (tight, stance-aware)

• Mandatory vaccination: A legal requirement to receive specified, evidence-based vaccines, backed by proportionate penalties or access-conditions (e.g., fines; school/healthcare employment entry), not forcible injection.
• Few exceptions: Strictly limited medical contraindications (e.g., severe allergy, immunocompromise) and narrowly scoped exemptions where required by human rights law, subject to proof and no undue risk to others.
• Fairness/proportionality: A restriction is justified only if it protects others, is suitable, necessary (no equally effective, less intrusive alternative), and balanced in its effects.

Assumptions under challenge