and they may choose to face the repercussions that is THEIR choice. If a business tells me I must wear a mask to shop or use their services I am free to EITHER wear a mask or not use their services. If an employer tells me I can either get a vaccine or I can cease working for that employer most employment is at will anyway. I have an uncle who stated in June he would go before a firing squad before getting the vaccine I am not sure if he is quite that serious, but if they told him G you either get the vaccine or you no longer work here G has the right to say fine leave and not show back up. See how that works people still have the CHOICE.
no long as people are willing to accept those same repercussions. Choices have repercussions they can be good or bad if you are willing to accept those without complaining then so be it. What if I said you know what I am not going to take the shot, BUT I am also not going to take up a bed if I get seriously ill.
no, but I am also 30 years old and as such as long as I was still of sound mind they cannot make my medical decisions. I personally chose to take the vaccine, but as a ( at the time 29 year old it was not because my mother drug me to the health department, sat my rear end in that chair and held me down. ALL she did was make the appointment and drive me there that was it. I was WILLING to get the vaccine though not in a hurry as I had had the virus just three months earlier.
Once the government mandates it then people will still have the choice to obey the mandate or disobey it and face the repercussion. And if the repercussion is fines and sentence to a special quarantine jail for the unvaccinated then that's fine if they choose that (plus a felony on their record).
Most adults read media reports and got vaccinated. When I read things like 97% of hospitalizations and deaths are happening to the unvaccinated and 70% of adults over the age of 18 are vaccinated, I do not need any more certifications to influence me. I had my second Moderna vaccination in April and may get a booster in December. I am 62. Those over 65 in my 55+ community were reserving appointments to get vaccinated last winter. Some waited in line all night at vaccination centers before they got a reservation system set up. Canadians who own property in Florida were flying to Florida to get vaccinated.
A cartoon?
The 52% vaccinated number includes children under the age of 18, if I am not mistaken.
There's actually a concept in economics which closely parallels this issue - Tragedy of the commons - Wikipedia. The shorthand there is that for shared resources (for example, the air we all breathe) simply letting everyone do what they want leads to a worse outcome for everyone. The idea is typically used for things like pollution. There, it is in each individual's best interest to pollute as much as they want. There's less of an individual cost than having to clean up after oneself, and no one individual can create enough pollution to really matter.
Including making people who refuse to get the vaccine or wear masks pay the full covid-related medical expenses for everyone else? Sounds like a plan. I can't wait for my health insurance costs to go down.
