I don't think anyone has said that though - I'd be surprised if anyone has suggested making it compulsory for people who have a history of serious adverse consequences from vaccines. It's clear that there are some who cannot get vaccinations, or certain vaccinations, due to medical reasons - and the whole point of ensuring others to get vaccinated is to protect those people through herd immunity.
Well it’s quite clear that given a free reign there's enough twats in the world to fuck things up for everyone else, so quite frankly I reckon a mildly benevolent dictatorship is the way to go.
There ain't no such thing. (I expect/hope that you know this anyway and are being mildly provocative)
You're all over the place on this Frank - even in this most recent post you say you have an exemption but it isn't really an exemption.
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about vaccines.
I oppose compulsion because of the risk of counterproductivity, and the risk of fuelling conspiricist twattery
All societies sanction people to get them to obey the rules, be that not killing your neighbour or going through a red light, there has always been a debate about where the line is drawn and different people have different opinions on what is and isn't acceptable when it comes to balancing peoples rights and responsibilities. Yours is different from mine, OK neither of us get to make the decision either way. As for what you'd like to see people sanctioned for, To a real extent drink drivers do get sanctioned by society, fine and ban not withstanding, it's harder and far more expensive to get insurance for example which often has an impact on their finances and work opportunities. As for being a landlord (not a popular group here) what would be the justification for imposing personal restrictions on individual landlords? something that is not a crime nor does it directly or indirectly threaten the lives of other citizens. If society ever reachs a point at which it wishes to discourage private landlords then the means to do so is via progressive taxation not individual persecution.
Inded a very good point but the conspiraloons do seem to be having a field day as it is.
My dad is visited by a care worker twice a day. If that worker were offered the vaccine and refused it and later found to have contracted covid while continuing to care for very old and ill people? Put it this way, I would not be happy.
That's probably a good idea for the healthcare sector, although if lots of people opted out they'd have major staffing issues. I suppose the employer could defend a decision to move someone like this on health and safety grounds, given the risk to patients. Usual caveat around those who cannot get vaccinated for medical reasons.
I agree - if you work in that sector by definition you have to accept that the balance tips in favour of the patients. I took it as read that you'd support medical exemptions by the way - as virtually everyone does.
