Kontradiction
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K, your comment that you are VERY pro-vax but anti-mandate confuses me. I can't seem to square the two views.
Why not? I think everyone should get vaccinated. I don’t think the government should be able to mandate everyone get vaccinated against a virus with a sub-2% mortality rate. On the same token, I think a woman should have a right to choose if she wants to abort a baby. I don’t think the government should be able to tell her whether she can or cannot. Pretty simple, actually. What I don’t get is where Progressives went from being pro-choice on one hand to pro-mandate on the other hand.
You can't dismiss the FACT that the unvaccinated are MANY times more likely to catch the virus and spread it, than the unvaccinated. So how do you hope to end this madness when you would allow the unvaccinated to freely roam throughout our private and public domains.
1) Do you have a documented post where you were critical of hippies when they weren’t vaccinating their kids against viruses like Measles just a few years ago? Let’s see it.
2) One’s health choices are their choices. If you’re vaccinated, and what you’re saying is correct (it is), then why do you care if someone who is unvaccinated is around you? And don’t give me the mUtAtIoN ********. When viruses mutate, they become less lethal. This is because there are only so many hosts left between those with natural antibodies and those who are vaccinated. I.E., herd immunity.
3) The rest of the world lags… BADLY… in vaccination rates. With that being the case, what we do or do not do here doesn’t make one bit of difference. If your counter argument is mutation, it’s going to mutate anyway. If your counter argument is public health, it fails because you’re not accounting for the fact that many have already been infected and have natural antibodies while more than half the country is already vaccinated.
There is no need for a mandate here outside of handing more of your freedoms over to the government in order to make yourself feel more secure.
K, business have both the right AND obligation to demand their employees to be vaccinated in the workplace. The same goes for government entities. Mandates have been effectively used throughout our history. I don't understand your pissiness about them now. While individual rights are important, they CAN'T supersede the health of the greater body of society. And individuals who lives in a SOCIETY have both rights AND obligations. A Society's obligations during a pandemic SHOULD supersede and individual's right not to protect the body by NOT getting vaccinated. I don't see the issue here. This SHOULD never have even been an issue, EXCEPT for politics, and that is sad.
Quick - name all of the viruses that had a sub-2% mortality rate in which a mandate happened. Bonus points if you can name one that took place when the country was not at war.












