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I understand the arguments against vaccine mandates, although I'm far from convinced by them as I don't believe that they would set a precedent.
What I don't understand is the argument that having a Covid vaccine is a 'personal choice', therefore anyone who choses not to is beyond reproach because it's a 'personal choice' and should be treated no differently to people who have done the right thing and got one, which appears to be a popular if, to my mind, rather mystifying argument.
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What I don't understand is the argument that having a Covid vaccine is a 'personal choice', therefore anyone who choses not to is beyond reproach because it's a 'personal choice' and should be treated no differently to people who have done the right thing and got one, which appears to be a popular if, to my mind, rather mystifying argument.
It's the same old shite that you see recycled in all kinds of arguments about censorship and choice now. I cAN dO wHaT I wAnT!
To an extent, yes, but not if it harms others. You also have to accept that your choices might have consequences.
Surely the simple way out of this is to give vaccinated people priority for Covid treatment?
Stonehedge
I'm not exactly opposed to vaccine mandates, they just make me feel very uneasy.
Governments being able mandate something injected into your arm is a precedent. In the same way that the government created a precedent to strip people of their citizenship extrajudicially when they did that to Shemima Begum.
The only possible objection to vaccine mandates I can find, is the possibility of the precedent being used to mandate actual invasions of our bodies for less good reasons in the future.
Do I trust this government to mandate safe vaccines during this pandemic? Yes. Do I trust future governments to use this power wisely? No. That said, if the only way out of this is to vaccinate everybody then lets fucking do it. Door to door if need be.
I appreciate I am stretching so far on this I could snap.