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In the early days I was all for it, especially when it looked like vaccinated people would not be spreading this thing, but more recently we have devolved compl

by twox2 5y ago

In the early days I was all for it, especially when it looked like vaccinated people would not be spreading this thing, but more recently we have devolved completely into irrational hygiene theater. The mandates will not move the needle and serve no purpose at this time.

bravetraveler 5y ago
Same here - I was all for it, encouraged many people at risk to get ahead of it. Your comment combined with mine made me realize... I (and the people I work with) played a big part in this theater. As a federal contractor, when the federal mandate came down... those employees had to be vaccinated. The employer conveniently pushed this policy to the other 200k+ employees. It was all a scheme to boost the vaccination rates and push this cart along faster -- the results never mattered. It facilitated this... 'everything is normal/okay, the unvaccinated are the ones to blame' narrative. Woefully lacking in attention in so many ways
- twox2 5y ago
  The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when we fired all of the unvaccinated nurses amid the Omicron spike, and then CDC lowered the quarantine to 5 days and hospitals made sick workers come to work. So yes, let's fire folks that want to work, but force sick (contagious) people into work. It makes 0 sense.
- aakresearch 5y ago
  >> played a big part in this theater. May I extend a big "Thank you" to you and GP for recognizing and admitting this. You have now contributed to the restoration of trust in society in a great way. At least for me, personally :) To be clear, you were in the full right to choose whatever treatment you wanted for whatever reason. The blame here is squarely on those who threw the wrong reason (threat of force) into the mix - they should have thought more about unintended consequences of their mandates.

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In the early days I was all for it, especially when it looked like vaccinated people would not be spreading this thing, but more recently we have devolved compl

by twox2 5y ago

bravetraveler 5y ago
Same here - I was all for it, encouraged many people at risk to get ahead of it. Your comment combined with mine made me realize... I (and the people I work with) played a big part in this theater. As a federal contractor, when the federal mandate came down... those employees had to be vaccinated. The employer conveniently pushed this policy to the other 200k+ employees. It was all a scheme to boost the vaccination rates and push this cart along faster -- the results never mattered. It facilitated this... 'everything is normal/okay, the unvaccinated are the ones to blame' narrative. Woefully lacking in attention in so many ways
- twox2 5y ago
  The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when we fired all of the unvaccinated nurses amid the Omicron spike, and then CDC lowered the quarantine to 5 days and hospitals made sick workers come to work. So yes, let's fire folks that want to work, but force sick (contagious) people into work. It makes 0 sense.
- aakresearch 5y ago
  >> played a big part in this theater. May I extend a big "Thank you" to you and GP for recognizing and admitting this. You have now contributed to the restoration of trust in society in a great way. At least for me, personally :) To be clear, you were in the full right to choose whatever treatment you wanted for whatever reason. The blame here is squarely on those who threw the wrong reason (threat of force) into the mix - they should have thought more about unintended consequences of their mandates.