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Seeing a lot of chatter about whether people should be "forced to take the vaccine" and I want to ask the corollary question, should people be allowed to spread Covid19?
It's important to understand that we're not first in line. Canada has ordered enough for 5x their population, US wants to ship 3 million doses in a week (!), the UK has already started vaccinating people.
We will get our first dose in Q2 2021, for the elderly and medical staff.
We will get our first dose in Q2 2021, for the elderly and medical staff.
By the time you and me are likely to have access to the vaccine, we will have masses of data on possible side effects, efficacy, etc. Literally millions of people in the developed nations will have it first.
The next thing to understand is that for herd immunity (aka normal life, you might recall 2019 vaguely) we need as many people as possible to get the jab. Some people won't be able to safely take the jab; in some people it won't work. To keep them safe we need maximum coverage.
If the vaccine is proven safe and effective, then people who refuse the vaccine should be treated with the greatest of suspicion. We need everyone to do their part to get out of this pandemic, and they will be the ones holding us back.
Does this mean we force them, at gunpoint? No, that's unconstitutional. However, absent an authorised medical release (for allergies etc) we should exclude them from:
Airlines
Schools
Public transit
Government offices
Working in bars, eateries and restaurants
Etc
Airlines
Schools
Public transit
Government offices
Working in bars, eateries and restaurants
Etc
This might sound harsh, but if we could time travel back to 2019 and put patient zero in an isolation ward on day 1, we would save millions of lives. We can't do that but we dont need to let them start a new pandemic because of their foolishness.
