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The Alabama department of Public Health puts posters up asking you to walk more, eat healthy, all that stuff. So, yes, obesity is a public health problem, and i

The Alabama department of Public Health puts posters up asking you to walk more, eat healthy, all that stuff. So, yes, obesity is a public health problem, and it's being addressed. What are you trying to say with that comment?

josephcsible 5y ago
But we're doing way, way more than putting up posters saying to get vaccinated. For example, imagine how you'd react if Alabama mandated that every worker with a BMI above 30 had to be fired.
- Volundr 5y ago
  How does a BMI of over 30 put other workers at risk? These situations are not analogous. And unless Alabama has a far more strict proposal than the proposed federal mandate, no one is requiring unvaccinated workers be fired, only they be tested weekly, so the analogy breaks down on that front as well.
  - josephcsible 5y ago
    > How does a BMI of over 30 put other workers at risk? How do unvaccinated people who work from home put other workers at risk?
    - Volundr 5y ago
      I didn't say that they did? You've ignored the entire content of my comment to engage with an argument I didn't make.
      - josephcsible 5y ago
        You said the situations weren't analogous. I'm saying they are, because firing an unvaccinated remote worker doesn't make anyone else any safer than firing an obese remote worker does.
        Volundr 5y ago
        Except most workers aren't remote workers, and as stated in my original comment that you chose to ignore, there is no mandate that anyone be fired for being unvaccinated. So being unvaccinated is risky to others around you while having a high BMI is not, and you suggested firing employees with a high BMI, while the mandate only calls for testing unvaccinated employees. So again, the analogy falls apart two different ways.
fileeditview 5y ago
Maybe it would be a better comparison if they called obese people "fat and crazy persons that endanger society by using up capacity in the healthcare system" or similar. Because this kind of speech is used by officials to describe people that don't want the vaccination.

josephcsible 5y ago

But we're doing way, way more than putting up posters saying to get vaccinated. For example, imagine how you'd react if Alabama mandated that every worker with a BMI above 30 had to be fired.

Volundr 5y ago
How does a BMI of over 30 put other workers at risk? These situations are not analogous. And unless Alabama has a far more strict proposal than the proposed federal mandate, no one is requiring unvaccinated workers be fired, only they be tested weekly, so the analogy breaks down on that front as well.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  > How does a BMI of over 30 put other workers at risk? How do unvaccinated people who work from home put other workers at risk?
  - Volundr 5y ago
    I didn't say that they did? You've ignored the entire content of my comment to engage with an argument I didn't make.
    - josephcsible 5y ago
      You said the situations weren't analogous. I'm saying they are, because firing an unvaccinated remote worker doesn't make anyone else any safer than firing an obese remote worker does.
      - Volundr 5y ago
        Except most workers aren't remote workers, and as stated in my original comment that you chose to ignore, there is no mandate that anyone be fired for being unvaccinated. So being unvaccinated is risky to others around you while having a high BMI is not, and you suggested firing employees with a high BMI, while the mandate only calls for testing unvaccinated employees. So again, the analogy falls apart two different ways.

fileeditview 5y ago

Maybe it would be a better comparison if they called obese people "fat and crazy persons that endanger society by using up capacity in the healthcare system" or similar. Because this kind of speech is used by officials to describe people that don't want the vaccination.