My thought immediately went to Typhoid Mary an asymptomatic carrier of this dread disease. She was not a criminal, even though she spread typhoid to others. She lacked mens rea or a guilty conscience. She didn’t even realize she was doing so; she didn’t think she even had the disease since she was asymptomatic. But, she had to be stopped, by compulsion if necessary, because she was infecting innocent people. So when asked for my view on compulsory vaccinations against diseases of this sort, my answer was in the positive: they were justified.

I thought no more about this until a few weeks when Mr. Brenton asked me if he could publicly quote me on our conversation. I acquiesced, and this was the result, seen below as section II of this essay.