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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by DangerousPie on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:17PM (#28278175)
You can't force people not to get vaccinated for several years in the middle of a pandemic.
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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by all2 on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:07PM (#28278903)
No. Quite the opposite.

It seems you can force people to get a vaccine in the middle of a pandemic. France is dealing with massive unrest [0] and are hemorrhaging medical staff [1] because they mandated vaccines for medical professionals (which doesn't make sense, the vaccine doesn't prevent a person from spreading the virus [2]).

[0] https://spectator.org/french-health-pass-riots/

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/we-have-rights-french-h...

[2] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/06/cdc_direc...!

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by vikingerik on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:47PM (#28279454)
If you justify imposing authoritarian measures because of an emergency, what you get is the authoritarians creating a perpetual emergency.
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