FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine

Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by freeopinion on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:15PM (#28278144)

> I’m very much in support of it being hard to be a part of society if you refuse to take one of the most basic steps to protect other people in it

Flu vaccine? Smoking cessation? Hand washing? Race/gender/religion sensitivity training?

These seem like pretty basic steps. Should we bar entrance to society based on these?

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by XorNot on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:18PM (#28279061)

You are literally not allowed to work in aged care, schools or hospitals without taking a flu vaccine every year. You also can't smoke while in the wards.

It is a firable offense to not wash your hands if you work in a restaurant.

It is a mandate at most companies to take sensitivity training.

Restaurants can reject you for not wearing covered shoes and a suitable jacket.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by freeopinion on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:03PM (#28283167)

You replaced "society" with specific and narrow niches of society. That's not the same thing.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by XorNot on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:57PM (#28284333)

You are glossing over what the vaccine mandates actually are. No one has prevented you from existing by not being vaccinated: but across all those areas and others like it, they are requiring you to be vaccinated.

The recent NYC mandate for example is specifically about attending indoor venues on Manhattan island - restaurants and theatres and such.

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