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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by UncleMeat on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:28AM (#28501450)
Drunk driving is very illegal. If we could identify unvaccinated people who infected others and punish that with jail time, would you be happy about that?
Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by throwaway316943 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @02:44PM (#28503651)
Would the people who were infected even want to press charges? Assuming they were vaccinated, they would probably have an extremely mild case, if they were unvaccinated then they would essentially be arguing a case against themselves.
Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Sunday September 12, 2021 @11:25AM (#28502012)
Would you also jail the folks ho were vaccinated but still infected others?
Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by UncleMeat on Sunday September 12, 2021 @12:38PM (#28502625)
No. I don't even have a strong opinion about punishing people for infecting others through negligence. But I think it is worth bringing up whenever anti-vaxxers bring up alcohol and drunk driving.
Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by throwaway316943 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @02:49PM (#28503689)
To be clear, I am not opposed to vaccines. I think the current vaccine is the best option for people at high risk of negative outcomes due to COVID. What I am opposed to is coercion by the state on something that is a personal choice. Calling this argument “antivaxx” is another example of the disingenuous way people are behaving. It’s a smear campaign that is being parroted without any critical thought.
Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by UncleMeat on Sunday September 12, 2021 @02:59PM (#28503798)
Cool. But the argument "we let people drink alcohol despite harm caused to others" is a bad one.