Herd immunity is a public good constitutive of the social infrastructure without which individual liberty is practically unexercisable, making vaccine mandates liberty-enabling rather than liberty-restricting.

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Herd immunity(as used in public health ethics): When enough people in a population are vaccinated or immune to a disease that it can't spread easily, protecting even those who aren't vaccinated.
Liberty-enabling vs. liberty-restricting(as used in debates about freedom and rights): Liberty-enabling means something that makes freedom more possible; liberty-restricting means something that reduces freedom. The argument here is that mandates can actually expand freedom rather than limit it.
Practically unexercisable(as used in philosophical arguments): Something that technically exists but can't actually be used or put into practice in real life.
Social infrastructure(as used in social philosophy): The basic systems and conditions that a society needs to function—like roads, schools, and health—that support how people live together.

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