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Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by timr on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @04:22PM (#28065812)
I'm not exactly sure which side of the argument you're on here, but ignoring the utility and/or practicality of quarantine on a mass scale, I wouldn't compare it to a policy requiring everyone to show their papers to go to McDonalds.

It's almost like people are arguing "we did {restrictive policy} once, so any form of restriction is of the same form!"

I mean...hell: we had slavery once. So maybe let's set aside the idea that prior infringements of individual liberty justify future infringements of individual liberty?

Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by tw04 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @04:51PM (#28066141)
I’d argue you not getting vaccinated and adding to the potential of a mutation that makes the vaccine ineffective is a violation of MY individual liberties, and the Supreme Court agrees. Which is why just about every state in the US actually can force you to get vaccinated, they just haven’t.
Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by cassalian on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:38PM (#28066710)
Could you provide the source for the supreme court agreement? It seems to me that forcing someone to get a vaccine would just as much violate their individual liberties so I'm rather curious what issue the supreme court was specifically addressing
Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by mcguire on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:46PM (#28066804)
Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by IG_Semmelweiss on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:15PM (#28068984)
Supreme court acceded to the question of vaccine mandates on the grounds of maintaining public safety and keeping order trumped the 1st amendment.

The background was a polio outbreak in MA around 1905, with something like a 30% mortality among all age groups.

We are back to 1905, but now its not 30% that is at the issue, but some decimal to the right of zero.

Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by cassalian on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:15PM (#28067133)
Thanks for the link!
Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by artificialLimbs on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:58PM (#28066952)
I personally know several people who have told me that they would stab or shoot anyone who tried to force them get a vaccine. The logistics of that may be a bit tricky, of course.

How would the logistics of forced vaccination go down, anyway? Do you think people wouldn't forge their vaccine papers, bribe doctors or otherwise get them to be sympathetic, or otherwise circumvent/ignore the system/rules in order to avoid the vaccine?

As stated elsewhere in this thread, it is not going to be possible to stop the virus at this point. We will all eventually be exposed and the best we can do is be as safe as we believe we need to be and can.

Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by IG_Semmelweiss on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:17PM (#28068996)
this is exactly what is going down in developing countries

as soon as authorities announce a potential paper requirement , the literal next day there are touts selling the paper.

Re:NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings by quickthrowman on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:25PM (#28067238)
The Supreme Court has ruled that states can mandate vaccinations: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts

I’m not sure why the misconception that freedom is absolute in the US is so widespread.