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Vaccinations
Aug. 16th, 2021 08:10 amI don't believe in mandatory vaccinations. I am angry at the amount of misinformation being spread about the vaccines for the current pandemic, and I wish nothing but ill on the people who wilfully promote the malicious lies about the vaccines for political and religious reasons.
But I don't want to live in a society where somebody is forced to take a vaccine they don't want under threat of violence.
On the other hand, even if fear and ignorance stops one from getting vaccinated, they need to understand that their right to refuse does not come without consequences. Communities of people who remain unvaccinated by choice become Petri dishes for mutations in the virus. Their refusal affects more than just themselves. They endanger people who who are too young to be vaccinated, have compromised immune systems, or cannot get vaccinated for legitimate medical reasons. They can also breed mutations of the virus for which the vaccines are less-than, or even entirely ineffective.
I am fine with putting reasonable roadblocks in front of those who wilfully remain unvaccinated. There are those who rail against it, claiming that we would be setting up a two-tier society where proof of vaccination would be required for entry to things like sporting events, some forms of travel, schooling, access to government offices, some employment and the like. I'm okay with that. People who refuse to accept treatment to stop the spread of this deadly disease are not a protected class. If we become a two-tier society, it's because a group has actively chosen to join one of the tiers.
But I don't want to live in a society where somebody is forced to take a vaccine they don't want under threat of violence.
On the other hand, even if fear and ignorance stops one from getting vaccinated, they need to understand that their right to refuse does not come without consequences. Communities of people who remain unvaccinated by choice become Petri dishes for mutations in the virus. Their refusal affects more than just themselves. They endanger people who who are too young to be vaccinated, have compromised immune systems, or cannot get vaccinated for legitimate medical reasons. They can also breed mutations of the virus for which the vaccines are less-than, or even entirely ineffective.
I am fine with putting reasonable roadblocks in front of those who wilfully remain unvaccinated. There are those who rail against it, claiming that we would be setting up a two-tier society where proof of vaccination would be required for entry to things like sporting events, some forms of travel, schooling, access to government offices, some employment and the like. I'm okay with that. People who refuse to accept treatment to stop the spread of this deadly disease are not a protected class. If we become a two-tier society, it's because a group has actively chosen to join one of the tiers.
