https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215693383First things, first. FIRST, it was the unvaccinated essential employees who kept things moving along during this time and some of them don't want to get vaccinated at this moment, for reasons of their own. During that time we were told those who were required to work would need to bow down to those who were too terrified to leave their homes, for reasons of their own. By that I mean, we were told we had to mask up everywhere, social distance, not see loved ones or attend gatherings because we could get SOMEONE else sick. Someone who might be compromised. So the majority were set upon to facilitate the minority.
PA Democrat (13,060 posts)
The unvaccinated don't have the right to give us COVID. Crack down on them, not us.
Interesting op-ed in USA Today by Richard Florida and Arthur Caplan:
People are free to make all the bad choices they want when it comes to themselves, but not when they put others in danger and incur costs that we all must pay. (So I'm to assume you feel the same way about most of the homeless and those who are on welfare due to their bad decisions?) This is where we find ourselves today with the COVID-19 vaccine. Until now, the default has been to err on the side of liberty, allowing individuals a maximum of free choice and personal responsibility. (Really? When did that happen? This lockdown/mask stuff has gone on for over a year, and you call that liberty?)
But as the pandemic has evolved, this model is no longer viable. With the highly infectious delta variant surging, (and appears at this point to be far less deadly, but no one wants to mention that) the unvaccinated are posing direct risks to the health and well-being of the immunocompromised, the frail and the elderly, and especially young children, (this is a lie) who cannot yet be vaccinated. The ethical challenge is crystal clear: The actions – or, in this case, the inactions – of the unvaccinated pose clear risks for society writ large. As the old saying goes: Your right to swing your arm ends where my nose begins.
And more:
Ethical dilemmas often entail tough choices, but this one is easy. The choice to not vaccinate does far more harm than any infringement of the rights of the unvaccinated. While society cannot and should not force anyone to vaccinate, we can and should require them to take responsibility for their choices.
The unvaccinated should be required to disclose their status, so that the people they come into contact with can make informed decisions about their own health and safety. They should be required to mask and distance when they are in public spaces. They should be required to quarantine when they travel. (yet you cringe and scream when someone mentions making the unvaccinated wear a yellow star?
How do you propose all of what you suggested happen? With casual conversations everywhere you go?) To make all this possible, we need to accelerate the use of effective vaccine passports. And health insurance companies can and should impose added costs on the unvaccinated, just as they do for smokers.
Worth reading the entire op-ed at:
https://news.yahoo.com/unvaccinated-dont-us-covid-crack-071502406.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
This stuff is making me crazy. More infections, yet less deaths ... what will it be next? I can guess, they'll want everyone to mask up during the cold and flu season so THEY don't feel like morons walking around with a face mask on.
Again I ask, WHO are the fascists?
KC
