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On one hand I think that people should be free to get the vaccine or not. On the other hand, I really wish we could go back to normal as fast as possible, and v

by Zababa 5y ago

On one hand I think that people should be free to get the vaccine or not. On the other hand, I really wish we could go back to normal as fast as possible, and vaccination will help with this. I've already spent a year and half with restricted liberties to protect people. So if people don't want to vaccinate and this makes me lose even more time, it's their liberty against mine. I don't really have a good answer to this.

version_five 5y ago
I find it funny when I see this kind of balanced statement modded down. It's a guessing game of which side it offended with it's neutrality.
- Zababa 5y ago
  I often have posts that have a downvote a few minutes after they're posted, and then gather a few upvotes some time later. You can see this sometimes on a bigger scale where the first few posts on an article are for some opinion, they get downvoted after some time and the new posts are all about reacting to the first posts. My conclusion is that the most active people are the most extreme, while the "silent majority" is more reasonable.
nradov 5y ago
We can go back to normal as soon as people are willing to accept the risks of normalcy. In fact some US states have been back to normal for months and are no longer restricting liberties. I encourage everyone to get vaccinated if they can. But even if we had 100% vaccination the authoritarians would move the goalposts again and say that we have to keep locking down and wearing masks because of reasons.
- Zababa 5y ago
  That's a fair point. I'm fully vaccinated and still have to wear my mask in shops and interior spaces, it's getting a bit annoying. If people don't want to get infected they can just take the vaccine or not go outside.
ekianjo 5y ago
What happened to heard immunity? Herd immunity does not need 100% vaccination.
- Zababa 5y ago
  From what I've heard, the requirements keep going up due to the variants, and the vaccine isn't as effective as a regular vaccine. It would also be a bit unfair to have people enjoy herd immunity because others took the risk to vaccinate themselves.

by Zababa 5y ago

version_five 5y ago

I find it funny when I see this kind of balanced statement modded down. It's a guessing game of which side it offended with it's neutrality.

Zababa 5y ago
I often have posts that have a downvote a few minutes after they're posted, and then gather a few upvotes some time later. You can see this sometimes on a bigger scale where the first few posts on an article are for some opinion, they get downvoted after some time and the new posts are all about reacting to the first posts. My conclusion is that the most active people are the most extreme, while the "silent majority" is more reasonable.

nradov 5y ago

We can go back to normal as soon as people are willing to accept the risks of normalcy. In fact some US states have been back to normal for months and are no longer restricting liberties. I encourage everyone to get vaccinated if they can. But even if we had 100% vaccination the authoritarians would move the goalposts again and say that we have to keep locking down and wearing masks because of reasons.

Zababa 5y ago
That's a fair point. I'm fully vaccinated and still have to wear my mask in shops and interior spaces, it's getting a bit annoying. If people don't want to get infected they can just take the vaccine or not go outside.

ekianjo 5y ago

What happened to heard immunity? Herd immunity does not need 100% vaccination.

Zababa 5y ago
From what I've heard, the requirements keep going up due to the variants, and the vaccine isn't as effective as a regular vaccine. It would also be a bit unfair to have people enjoy herd immunity because others took the risk to vaccinate themselves.