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I'm becoming more and more despondent by the day here. I'll preface this with, I chose to be vaccinated - I believe the science, however... I watch people all

I'm becoming more and more despondent by the day here. I'll preface this with, I chose to be vaccinated - I believe the science, however... I watch people allow the Government and Corporations infringe on peoples body autonomy through mandatory vaccination. If you don't received a vaccine by a certain date - you'll lose your right to work in essential industries (it's a lot broader than just aged care or health care). If you protest(ed) this, you're labelled selfish, an anti-vaxxer or conspiracy theorist. You're pepper sprayed or shot with rubber bullets - All enabled through health mandates - designed to protect your health (last I checked pepper spray will cause coughing and potential aerosol transmission). We officially have the most locked down state in the world yet we have a higher vaccination rate than North America. While our fully vaxxed rates lag behind the EU, our first dose coverage is marginally greater with an assumption that the fully vaxxed rate will catch up and potentially surpass. We have minimal deaths, but at a great cost to our freedom. When we do get our 'freedom' it'll be with surveillance and vaccine passports. Those who have decided not to be coerced into having a vaccine will not be allowed to participate in the economy and society at large. I fear this has set a precedent in this Country and we will see this occur again and again.

masterof0 5y ago
You have the right to not get the vaccine, but you do not have the right to put other people at risk. Private companies can and will employ/fire anyone for any reason. That's one of our freedoms (in the US), the freedom of not having to work with as**oles that want to put others at risk. True freedom if you ask me.
- 87er43 5y ago
  True freedom is getting fired for hesitation over experimental medicine. People with hesitation are assholes who want to put others at risk. It's so clear now.
  - masterof0 5y ago
    It seems that is not experimental anymore, https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr....
    - johnisgood 5y ago
      There has been MANY cases of FDA having approved then withdrawn medicines for their side-effects that were realized later though.
AlexandrB 5y ago
Haven't mandatory vaccinations been law for at least a decade now? Except it was for kids if they want to go to public school/day care[1]. I find it funny that most people did not bat an eye at this until it became mandatory for adults and now I see hyperbolic language about a creeping police state. Oh yeah, and there's also this[2]: > In an effort to boost vaccination rates in Australia, the Australian government has decided that starting on 1 January 2016, certain benefits (such as the universal "Family Allowance" welfare payments for parents of children) will no longer be available for conscientious objectors of vaccination; those with medical grounds for not vaccinating will continue to receive such benefits. Again, it seems like it was fine to deny welfare benefits for those without vaccination. But when it becomes mandatory for the more privileged classes there's a sudden moral panic. [1] https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/childcare_qa.aspx https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/childcare_q... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#Australia
BuyMyBitcoins 5y ago
I’m also taken aback at how easy it was for people to readily accept and encourage further restrictions, interventions, and punishments for non-compliance.

masterof0 5y ago

You have the right to not get the vaccine, but you do not have the right to put other people at risk. Private companies can and will employ/fire anyone for any reason. That's one of our freedoms (in the US), the freedom of not having to work with as**oles that want to put others at risk. True freedom if you ask me.

87er43 5y ago
True freedom is getting fired for hesitation over experimental medicine. People with hesitation are assholes who want to put others at risk. It's so clear now.
- masterof0 5y ago
  It seems that is not experimental anymore, https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr....
  - johnisgood 5y ago
    There has been MANY cases of FDA having approved then withdrawn medicines for their side-effects that were realized later though.

AlexandrB 5y ago

Haven't mandatory vaccinations been law for at least a decade now? Except it was for kids if they want to go to public school/day care[1]. I find it funny that most people did not bat an eye at this until it became mandatory for adults and now I see hyperbolic language about a creeping police state. Oh yeah, and there's also this[2]: > In an effort to boost vaccination rates in Australia, the Australian government has decided that starting on 1 January 2016, certain benefits (such as the universal "Family Allowance" welfare payments for parents of children) will no longer be available for conscientious objectors of vaccination; those with medical grounds for not vaccinating will continue to receive such benefits. Again, it seems like it was fine to deny welfare benefits for those without vaccination. But when it becomes mandatory for the more privileged classes there's a sudden moral panic. [1] https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/childcare_qa.aspx https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/childcare_q... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_policy#Australia

BuyMyBitcoins 5y ago

I’m also taken aback at how easy it was for people to readily accept and encourage further restrictions, interventions, and punishments for non-compliance.