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At least in quebec vaccine passports are seen in a super bad light (at least to most people i have interacted with). But yeah it's for sure an election tactic,
by totony 5y ago
At least in quebec vaccine passports are seen in a super bad light (at least to most people i have interacted with). But yeah it's for sure an election tactic, hiding more important discussion like how they threw away their promise to reform the electoral system (EDIT: Probably because it makes them lose [1])
[1] https://theconversation.com/what-the-canadian-election-results-would-have-looked-like-with-electoral-reform-125848 https://theconversation.com/what-the-canadian-election-resul...
- ckdarby 5y agoComplete opposite interactions for vaccine passports and I live in Saint-Remi, Quebec.
- graeme 5y agoDo you hang out in an antivax crowd? Vaccine passport are enormously popular in Canada. https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/news-polls/majority-support-vaccine-passports-for-variety-of-indoor-outdoor-activities https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/news-polls/majority-support-vacc... I couldn’t find Quebec specific data, but I live here and haven’t seen anything to suggest people view them differently.
- totony 5y agoI'm not sure of their vaccination status, and to be fair my sample size is small because it's been announced recently and there's only so much people you can interact with. That said, we've had a protest here on day 1 and the people I have spoken to are more against a perceived overreach than of the vaccine, although I am young and most non-vaccinated people are in my age group (because of the side effects afai can tell). I'm weary of polls, especially those paid for by news networks, but even then this was done in may, before the variants became well know/transmission more understood/efficiency more know.
- jorgesborges 5y agoNot everyone who opposes a vaccine passport belongs to an "antivax" crowd. I've encountered a lot of a variance on the issue, often in surprising contexts. I was at the dentist last week and after vetting me mildly she explained there's a faction of their practice who oppose mandatory vaccines. She said they formed a group to share and discuss the issue and engage with other health care professionals who may not be as politically astute.
- graeme 5y agoNo but about 80% of adults are vaccinated and about 70% in Canada support vaccine passport. So there isn’t much wiggle room. Unless a good swath of the unvaccinated support vaccine passports….
- jorgesborges 5y agoThat's true. I suppose my only skepticism surrounds the 70% polling in favor of passports. That seems very high. But my skepticism rests on anecdotal experiences so that doesn't mean much -- and admittedly I haven't looked closely into the polling data. But I am frustrated with the smoothing over the nuances of the issue by lumping people into a certain crowd. I think there's merit in an anti-passport position without falling into lunacy.
- AdrianB1 5y agoI am fully vaccinated and I am trying to convince all the people I interact with face to face to vaccinate, but I still don't want to send to Gulag all the people who refuse. Even if 99% support something, it does not automatically make it right.
- moistly 5y agoOne notes that in BC/Western Canada, dentists gathered en masse at a convention while case rates were cranking upward. A shit-ton of them caught covid. One also notes that for decades, they’ve been working on people’s mouths, spraying nasty oral bacteria into the air, without wearing masks. What I’m saying here is that dentists have never been particularly intelligent about their own health safety.
- kingofpandora 5y agoMy dentists/hygienists in Canada have been using masks for quite some time now.
- Gibbon1 5y agoMy dentist has been wearing gloves, eye protection, and a mask for the last 15 years.
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