Oh but of course! What else would be better that when being rude and not caring about manners, you can insist that you are only being thoughtful and taking into consideration others. And that those who perform these antique antics, likely shaking hands or (OMG!), hugging or kissing to the cheek are putting others in danger. Just as one now famous and widely popular doctor said, he would like that people would not shake hands anymore in general.It's so convenient to blame covid for what is actually the general decline of quality in human interaction. — baker
How many now have started to work from home? Working from home isn't because of Covid, but this experiment has surely increased working from home.Do they not work? — baker
Ah yes, the evil arrogant majority with their white privilege. They (we) surely deserve this!What has been the normal, regular, ordinary experience for so many minorites, for those bullied and mobbed, excluded from normal society, has now become a temporary experience for a few more people. And they cry foul?! — baker
The mandates I speak of are official orders from governments. These orders require private establishments to enforce discriminatory government policy, or risk fine and other punishments. These policies have been implemented around the globe, if you weren’t aware. — NOS4A2
What twisting of truth? — baker
Sigh. The vaccine does not prevent a person from getting Covid. The vaccine significantly reduces the odds that you will catch it - and if you do catch it the vaccine significantly reduces the odds that you will have a serious case. — EricH
Generally "discriminatory" is considered an unjustified distinction, like race, age, or sex. Refusal to participate in a public health matter is a justified distinction even if considered disagreeable. The threshold for keeping an endemic wave from spiking is pretty sensitive and the R value of the mutations seems to be increasing. Lastly, people just aren't used to having to manage outbreaks of infection. Power granted to the government regarding matters of public health have been understood to be necessary for centuries. If a man wants to live as an island then he ought not complain when finding himself on one.
No one wants chemicals injected into their body. They aren't special in this regard.One can show prejudice against any category of people, of whatever status. This category of people in particular, for whatever reason, do not want these chemicals injected into their body, as is their right. — NOS4A2
The subtext this carries is what puts me off. The sentiment of a civil rights struggle mixed with protection of ones core privacy is the definition of overkill. It seems like the subtle manipulation of emotion rather than sound reason. Which is suspect in any case I've found it employed.Other categories of people are required to prove their medical history, which is no one else’s business. — NOS4A2
Again, "ordinary life" could mean a lot of things when in reality we are mostly talking about dining and entertainment venues.But because of their status the unvaccinated are being denied access to many components of ordinary life, even if they are at relatively no risk of illness, or have antibodies, and have zero coronavirus on their person. — NOS4A2
Alright well we have a vaccine and generally the strategy with that tool has been to give it to people. Do you suppose vaccine uptake will increase by eliminating the mandates?None of it stops the spread of coronavirus. — NOS4A2
When a fully vaccinated but infected man shows up at a establishment with a vaccine passport, he gets let in, — NOS4A2
I can't verify your laws, but here if someone did so they would receive a $1000 fine. — Banno
This seems to be another common theme here, judging other people's intents using your beliefs. Other people act on the basis of their beliefs, not yours. — Isaac
Yours is a perverse interpretation. As is the remainder of your post. I feel sorry for you. — Banno
Do you mean to say in this particular case or during all or most outbreaks of disease? — Cheshire
You keep pretending that the holes in the system are the system for the sake of an argument. There is no provision for an exception granted to infected persons who happen to be vaccinated. Can infected persons be allowed unintended admission? Yes, it isn't a perfectly exclusionary distinction. The "twist" is seeing this as hypocrisy instead of a statistical limitation.
An extreme example would be arguing that not everyone is required to wear a parachute because they don't open on occasion. — Cheshire
Power granted to the government regarding matters of public health have been understood to be necessary for centuries. — Cheshire
In relation to this pandemic, compulsory vaccinations, and vaccine passports. — NOS4A2
On the basis of PCR? — Isaac
No. — Banno
Wrong government - that was NT. — Banno
800th time, a vaccine doesn't have to be perfect to be relevant. — Cheshire
None of it stops the spread of coronavirus. — NOS4A2
How long were they expected to be interned (and for what intent)? — again again again
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