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Eric Clapton refuses to play venues requiring vaccines for concertgoers
- scrumbledober 5y agothings to listen to eric clapton's opinions on: how to play guitar. things not to listen to eric clapton's opinions on: public health, childcare, race relations
- 234tlzb 5y agoThings to listen to random HN users about: software. Things not to listen to random HN users about: covid. You, scrumbledober, are a toolshed.
- echelon 5y ago> You, scrumbledober, are a toolshed. That's uncalled for. > Things not to listen to random HN users about: covid. The vaccine is statistically shown to be a better alternative to getting the virus. Also, it results in far less strain on the economy. Far fewer negative externalities. The expense of treating a handful of people that show reactions is a pittance to the millions that have died of Covid, and the hundreds of thousands of medical hours spent dealing with this virus. And the trillions of dollars of relief spent in logistics and stimulus.
- exogeny 5y agoIt's also hilarious that he didn't even have the courage to say that under his actual account; he had to create a burner just to do it.
- joemazerino 5y agoWhat about sticking to your values?
- mam3 5y agoLets not listen to yours either then.
- exogeny 5y agoDie a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Eric Clapton and Van Morrison, just straight yikes. Huge doddering racist uncle vibes.
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- pcdoodle 5y agoGood on him. I don't give a dang.
- lotophage 5y agoHe's a genius from his wrists down
- sumthinprofound 5y agoI don't ask my doctor to play Tears in Heaven for me, so I'm going to pass on taking vaccine advice from Clapton.
- josh_today 5y agoI’ll pose the question again: As a country, society, and humanity as a whole, where do we end this- with everyone vaccinated or seasonally controlled like influenza? Once that light is clear, everything else will figure itself out.
- northwest65 5y agoWe don't. Nature is great at self maintenance, much like forest fires we have to let it clear out the dead wood, and suffer when we don't let it. We don't like that because we like to espouse every life is precious and to accept the alternative stabs a whole lotta sacred cows.
- pdog 5y agoAlternative headline: Eric Clapton refuses to play venues that aren't open to all concertgoers. Nothing to prevent a vaccinated concertgoer from attending, so what's the problem?
- igetspam 5y agoAnd another one: Eric Clapton doesn't care about the health and safety of his fans; is 100% willing to risk their safety from the distant safety of his stage act.
- pdog 5y agoEric Clapton isn't forcing people to attend his concerts. Anyone can judge the risk for themselves.
- codyswann 5y agoI wholeheartedly disagree with this. I would say a large percentage of people are incapable of judging the risk for themselves, which is why we get people going on ventilators begging to get the vaccine now. I mean, the entire insurance industry is built around the idea that people are incapable of judging risk.
- mam3 5y agoGood. No young people should be "required" to take the vaccine. Freedom of choice and respect of the body first.
- exogeny 5y agoNo one, certainly not any club, is requiring young people to get the vaccine. They're simply saying, as you are, that they have freedom of choice and that choice is to deny unvaccinated patrons from entering. If you are for freedom of choice on one end, you should also be for freedom of choice on the other end.
- mam3 5y agoSo first its not freedom of choice its the government who impose that. Secondly at the end businesses and governments follow the majority opinion.. And for that, I support Clapton to put pressure on clubs and voice his opinion
- david38 5y agoOh, what happened to “my business, my property, my rules?” Nobody is forcing you to go to a concert. Funny how nobody complains children can’t attend school without a vaccine. You can always smell a stupid political tribal political opinion when people act like they want to die on a hill in the name of freedom, yet run the nearest ER like little babies when they get sick. Put your money where your mouth is. Put your name on a public list declaring you irrevocably refuse treatment if you get the virus. Opposing our reaction to the pandemic is one thing, believing that Schrodinger’s virus simultaneously doesn’t exist and is treatable by something else is hilarious stupidity.
- mam3 5y ago> Oh, what happened to “my business, my property, my rules?” Nobody is forcing you to go to a concert. So first if you had read the article it's the uk governement not a businesses rule. Secondly businesses and governement follow the majority opinions. It's a good thing people like Clapton voice their optinion > You can always smell a stupid political tribal political opinion when people act like they want to die on a hill in the name of freedom, yet run the nearest ER like little babies when they get sick. > Put your money where your mouth is. Put your name on a public list declaring you irrevocably refuse treatment if you get the virus. Chill down keyboard warrior. The fact it's not treatable by anything else than vaccine doesn't mean it's good or even legal to coerce people into taking the vaccine, or plainly discriminate against those who don't for whatever reason (starting with pregnant women). As a matter of facts it's actually very clearly illegal in europe to do so, since the vaccines are still "experimental drugs". here's a french article with legal sources if you want the details. https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=mediapart+vaccin+etat+de+droit https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=med...