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Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by acdha on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @09:52AM (#29566689)
> This is just life, forever. Totally unprecedented. You will get a vaccination every 6 months for the rest of your life or be totally excluded from all civil rights.

“all civil rights” meaning you have full civil rights but can't force a private company to give you a job when you refuse to follow safety rules? Especially in a country where employers pay for healthcare it doesn't seem unreasonable to require a safe, easy, and highly effective means of avoiding very expensive treatments.

This is also far from unprecedented. I've worked at jobs which required other vaccinations, schools all around the country require a ton of vaccinations, and the people who don't want to do that for whatever reason have always had the option of homeschooling, finding another job, etc. If this is such an important issue to you, take responsibility for the consequences of your choice — there's certainly a long tradition of people accepting that as a cost of their religious decisions.

Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by nsxwolf on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @09:54AM (#29566723)
If we eventually define "civil rights" to mean "you have the right to stay inside your home and order everything on Amazon", we have a serious problem. That's where this is going. It goes way beyond the decisions of an individual company.

Regarding the status quo: Yes, mandates exist. The school example is a piece of paper you turn into the school office during enrollment and no one ever thinks about it again. It's not a status tracked in real time, apps don't have to be presented to enter buildings. And in most cases, people can file for exemptions if it really matters to them.

Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by oneoff786 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:03AM (#29566861)
If nobody wants you around because you refuse to follow safety rules then sure, you’re gonna have a bad time.
Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by k8si on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:12AM (#29566986)
It seems like the vax every 6 months is a worst-ish case scenario (worst case being, some mutation is like 100% vax resistant, no one can figure it out, and a lot more people die). Well, one is also supposed to get a dental cleaning every 6 months. The nice thing about the vax is, jab takes 2 seconds and no one bugs you about flossing. I don't see why this would be such a chore.
Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by kevinventullo on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:20AM (#29568003)
A one-time paper submission with medical and religious exemptions is precisely what Google is doing.
Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by srean on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:04AM (#29566890)
Have you been this upset all this while at the fact that international students have been required to take a bunch of different vaccines as a prerequisite for admission in US colleges ? You may have been, I don't know.
Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by orang2tang on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:11AM (#29566978)
Which one of those vaccines requires 3 shots every year, and wait, you can still get it?
Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by astura on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:20AM (#29567087)
In fact, in my state all students, international or not, are required tot take a bunch of different vaccines before they are allowed to attend classes.

My friend started college in his late 30s and didn't have access to his childhood immunizations since it was so long ago. He had to get a blood test showing immunity before he could attend class.

Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by srean on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:22AM (#29567120)
For transmissible diseases that's an excellent call.
Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by orang2tang on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:09AM (#29566959)
You're forgetting that a majority of the companies implementing these policies are doing so at the behest of the federal government. You think Google doesn't do business with the US government, who does business with drug manufacturers? Private company? on PAPER, sure...

Government mandating private business to inject their workers every 6 months to save face (and $$$) for the "vaccine" manufacturers is fascist and anti-human. Thankfully the over-arching Biden mandate probably won't go anywhere, but large companies such as Google are doing this as a political and financial move. NOT FOR HEALTH

When politics and money make it necessary for companies to coerce people into injections every 6 months, a constantly shifting definition of "vaccinated", then things should be re-evaluated. And if you believe in this garbage you should honestly re-evaluate your concept of liberty.

Re:Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eve... by k8si on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:15AM (#29567033)
Most of my co-workers who have kids will not go back to our office unless our company enforces a vaccine mandate. So anecdotally, I can say that at least some workers at some companies are also putting pressure on to implement vaccine mandates.