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Re:Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines by TulliusCicero on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:02PM (#27987177)
Some jobs actually do require a car, either explicitly or because no other form of transportation would be practical for an area.

Since higher vaccination rates protect other people, I'm hopeful that vaccines become as mandatory as possible. That this bothers anti-vaxxers doesn't bother me, because why should it? I'm not more bothered by this than the vaccine requirement to enter public schools for kids.

Re:Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines by rolobio on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:30PM (#27987655)
I did not say any job, I said "a" job. Yes vaccinations will protect other people. Banning alcohol would protect many people, but its a violation of a person's rights to ban it.
Re:Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines by TulliusCicero on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:49PM (#27987970)
Okay, and? Yes, we don't have rules for every single possibly protective thing, but we do have rules for a lot of them.

Your line of reasoning could also be used against seat belt laws or building codes: why have those for public safety if we don't ban alcohol?

edit: also, while I don't support banning alcohol, it wouldn't be a violation of a person's basic rights to ban it. That used to be the law of the land in the US, and even today there are still some dry counties (alcohol cannot be sold).

Re:Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines by pb7 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:38PM (#27987805)
>its a violation of a person's rights to ban it

It's literally not. Have you heard of the Prohibition?

Re:Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines by rolobio on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:13PM (#27988329)
Yes, and it was repealed by the 21st amendment. This was done because it is a violation of peoples' rights.
Re:Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines by pb7 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:18PM (#27988402)
>This was done because it is a violation of peoples' rights.

That’s not why but which rights do you think it violated exactly? There still exist dry counties in the US.