senator rawnd rand paul was asked about that. >> did you say to laura ingraham that you think most vaccinesell, i guess being for freedom would be really unusual. i guess i don't understand the point. why that would be controversial. i think the parent should have some input. the state doesn't own your children. >> good point. the state doesn't own my children. but contagious diseases are a special case. one ignorant parent may harm other people's kids. that's why dr. manny says he wants the government to mandate vaccines. but what does mandate mean? >> mandate means basically, if we get to the point where we have now communities with vaccination rates at 80% you'll have to mandate if you want to send your kids to school, you have to get them vaccinated. >> all right. you don't mean hold the kid down or hold the parents down or forcibly do it. keep them out of government school. >> right. but how do you do that? we'll have hundreds of kids now home-schooled. you know, i know they are. but is that where we're going? you know, science is pretty factual. vaccines were generated in a world of s

senator rawnd rand paul was asked about that. >> did you say to laura ingraham that you think most vaccinesuld be, quote, voluntary. >> well, i guess being for freedom would be really unusual. i guess i don't understand the point. why that would be controversial. i think the parent should have some input. the state doesn't own your children. >> good point. the state doesn't own my children. but contagious diseases are a special case. one ignorant parent may harm other people's kids. that's why dr. manny says he wants the government to mandate vaccines. but what does mandate mean? >> mandate means basically, if we get to the point where we have now communities with vaccination rates at 80% you'll have to mandate if you want to send your kids to school, you have to get them vaccinated. >> all right. you don't mean hold the kid down or hold the parents down or forcibly do it. keep them out of government school. >> right. but how do you do that? we'll have hundreds of kids now home-schooled. you know, i know they are. but is that where we're going? you know, science is pretty factual. vaccines