Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory

Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:24PM (#29424399)

From a philosophical perspective, you're not wrong, but real life constrains us greatly.

Germany could theoretically disallow unvaccinated people access to their ICUs without trampling any rights. It would get messy.

Germans aren't fond of messy solutions. They are a very practical people, and they've decided to take a more practical approach (vaccine mandates) that might respect individual rights less, but also results in much less death for those very individuals and the rest of society.

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by ghoward on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:40PM (#29424587)

You not wrong either, but I seem to remember that the Germans had a mighty neat, i.e., non-messy "solution" (some would say a "final" one) for a "problem" they thought they had.

Throughout history, making people second-class citizens has never resulted in anything good. If you can name one instance in history where making people second-class citizens was a net benefit, I will eat my words.

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:03PM (#29424807)

I'll suppress the obvious Godwin's law call-out to just state that "unvaccinated" is not a protected class, and we probably both agree that carrots tend to work better than sticks.

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Re:Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan t... by inkblotuniverse on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:47AM (#29428294)

Oh, it's not a orotected class?! That's fine, then! If we take nonrepentant apostates off the list of protected classes, do we get to lock them up, too? :)

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