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40% of the population is unvaxxed. More will likely be unvaxxed when the definition of unvaxxed expands to having a booster. Given the racial element, you are d

40% of the population is unvaxxed. More will likely be unvaxxed when the definition of unvaxxed expands to having a booster. Given the racial element, you are deluded to think there will be a time when these people 'come back' into the workforce. There will either be substantial federal structural change or substantial economic change, if not flat out riots. There is no situation under which this ends well. This will go down in American history as a very dark dark chapter. > It's also probably going to be hard getting another job right now if you end up disclosing that you were let go for being unwilling to get vaccinated. Employers probably want to avoid hiring unvaccinated people and also will want to avoid any HR drama you're going to force on them. No it's not. Republicans are more likely to be unvaxxed and more likely to own small businesses. They'll be likely picking up solid corporate candidates, amassing wealth and power, and will hopefully use it to end these stupid mandates.

munk-a 5y ago
> No it's not. Republicans are more likely to be unvaxxed and more likely to own small businesses. They'll be likely picking up solid corporate candidates, amassing wealth and power, and will hopefully use it to end these stupid mandates. This might be a bit snipey but... if you can't do the cost benefit analysis on getting vaccinated I think you're going to have problems delivering value to your company.
- iammisc 5y ago
  This comment is exactly the problem with America right now. A large band of relatively well off people completely out of touch with their economic lessers, yet who feel morally superior to them. You don't realize it, but this will lead to a destabilizing force the likes of which you've not seen in your lifetime, and will put January 6 to shame. It has been the case in nearly every empire and nation where similar dynamics have been at play. What the poor, uneducated, and minority lack in economic power, they more than make up for in number.
  - munk-a 5y ago
    Most of the poor and uneducated have been vaccinated - there certainly is a good chunk of the country that hasn't - but vaccinations are now in the majority. America has some serious issues with societal stability and wealth inequality - but neither of those are really on topic for this discussion.
    - iammisc 5y ago
      Don't worry, soon jab #3 will be required to be fully vaccinated (like in Israel... this is not some hypothetical), and we'll get to start this dog and pony show all over again. And yes, the societal stability and wealth inequality have a lot to do with this discussion. The government insists on spending social capital that it doesn't have; against a population that does not trust it. Just like deficit spending catches up with you, spending social trust capital catches up with you too. Except it's much faster and a lot more destabilizing.

munk-a 5y ago

> No it's not. Republicans are more likely to be unvaxxed and more likely to own small businesses. They'll be likely picking up solid corporate candidates, amassing wealth and power, and will hopefully use it to end these stupid mandates. This might be a bit snipey but... if you can't do the cost benefit analysis on getting vaccinated I think you're going to have problems delivering value to your company.

iammisc 5y ago
This comment is exactly the problem with America right now. A large band of relatively well off people completely out of touch with their economic lessers, yet who feel morally superior to them. You don't realize it, but this will lead to a destabilizing force the likes of which you've not seen in your lifetime, and will put January 6 to shame. It has been the case in nearly every empire and nation where similar dynamics have been at play. What the poor, uneducated, and minority lack in economic power, they more than make up for in number.
- munk-a 5y ago
  Most of the poor and uneducated have been vaccinated - there certainly is a good chunk of the country that hasn't - but vaccinations are now in the majority. America has some serious issues with societal stability and wealth inequality - but neither of those are really on topic for this discussion.
  - iammisc 5y ago
    Don't worry, soon jab #3 will be required to be fully vaccinated (like in Israel... this is not some hypothetical), and we'll get to start this dog and pony show all over again. And yes, the societal stability and wealth inequality have a lot to do with this discussion. The government insists on spending social capital that it doesn't have; against a population that does not trust it. Just like deficit spending catches up with you, spending social trust capital catches up with you too. Except it's much faster and a lot more destabilizing.