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We do have that right. Take cars for example, we drive extremely dangerous machines down the road that kill thousands each year. They also put out dangerous p
by rolobio 5y ago
We do have that right. Take cars for example, we drive extremely dangerous machines down the road that kill thousands each year. They also put out dangerous pollutants that kill many people. We all live in a world where there is a give and take. It is only recently that people decided we have a right to live risk-free.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoNo, you don't. We do accept some risks, but in the case of cars, there are quite a few mandatory things involved designed to limit the risk: it's illegal to drive without a license, illegal to drive while drunk, cars are required to have various safety features to be street-legal, etc. Same principle here. Vaccines don't completely eliminate the risk of danger from covid, they only reduce it, just like the car regulations.
- rolobio 5y agoI can get a job without a car. How soon until I can't get a job without modifying my body?
- BHSPitMonkey 5y agoSome jobs require you to have a car (and a valid license, and an insurance policy). Others don't. Some jobs require you to work in close proximity with other people. Others don't.
- rolobio 5y agoThese are good points. I suppose we will see how many other employers force their employees to be vaccinated, even if they are not in close proximity.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoSome jobs actually do require a car, either explicitly or because no other form of transportation would be practical for an area. Since higher vaccination rates protect other people, I'm hopeful that vaccines become as mandatory as possible. That this bothers anti-vaxxers doesn't bother me, because why should it? I'm not more bothered by this than the vaccine requirement to enter public schools for kids.
- rolobio 5y agoI did not say any job, I said "a" job. Yes vaccinations will protect other people. Banning alcohol would protect many people, but its a violation of a person's rights to ban it.
- pb7 5y ago>its a violation of a person's rights to ban it It's literally not. Have you heard of the Prohibition?
- TulliusCicero 5y agoOkay, and? Yes, we don't have rules for every single possibly protective thing, but we do have rules for a lot of them. Your line of reasoning could also be used against seat belt laws or building codes: why have those for public safety if we don't ban alcohol? edit: also, while I don't support banning alcohol, it wouldn't be a violation of a person's basic rights to ban it. That used to be the law of the land in the US, and even today there are still some dry counties (alcohol cannot be sold).
- pb7 5y agoProbably around the same time you can shit yourself and walk around the office like that all day everyday.