Re:Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norw...
by roenxi on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:41PM
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> ... but it still reduces the amount of strain put on the health care system
Sure, but the case for a vaccine mandate pretty much collapses at that point. I have some anti-vaxxers living across the road from me who earn a lot of money. They'd be paying an above-average amount of taxes.
So the mandate argument to them is essentially "well, we're going to force you to do something, otherwise you'd be more likely than average to consume services that you pay for". Now that is a good argument for getting vaccinated, no doubt. But it is a terrible argument for banning people from public life as a vaccine mandate requires if it is going to be implemented.
It is also a bit questionable to be reaching out and forcing medical procedures on people based on being unwilling to expand the hospital system. If the unvaccinated were given an option to just pay for the extra capacity required (some form of insurance, dare I say) then they can get what they want and stay vulnerable at no cost to others.
Sure, but the case for a vaccine mandate pretty much collapses at that point. I have some anti-vaxxers living across the road from me who earn a lot of money. They'd be paying an above-average amount of taxes.
So the mandate argument to them is essentially "well, we're going to force you to do something, otherwise you'd be more likely than average to consume services that you pay for". Now that is a good argument for getting vaccinated, no doubt. But it is a terrible argument for banning people from public life as a vaccine mandate requires if it is going to be implemented.
It is also a bit questionable to be reaching out and forcing medical procedures on people based on being unwilling to expand the hospital system. If the unvaccinated were given an option to just pay for the extra capacity required (some form of insurance, dare I say) then they can get what they want and stay vulnerable at no cost to others.