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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by belval on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:40PM (#30092309)
Yes, that's what I wrote. Health infrastructure does not exist in a vacuum and between non-vaccinated having to shop at a regular grocery store and people literally dying because we don't have beds in hospital I'll take the lesser evil.

FWIW I agree that after 2 years of the pandemic I see it as a failure of leadership.

> Basic rights(buying food) are violated for some

Let's not resort to hyperbole here. They can shop at Loblaws/Provigo/IGA/Metro/Maxi/Traditions like most people. They don't have a right to shop at Walmart.

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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by hackstack on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:48PM (#30092422)
They can shop at alternatives (if they exist in the specific town in Quebec), for now.

It's not really hyperbole, I think. The basic right is at the very least being threatened, if not explicitly violated (yet).

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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by belval on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:43PM (#30093171)
Quebec is not like the US in that regard, you won't find a town here that only has a Walmart/Costco. Those are limited to more developed urban centers that have plenty of alternatives.
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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by errcorrectcode on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:33PM (#30093711)
In this region, there aren't many food/goods deserts.

Even the nowhereville my mom lives in has an H-E-B, Homeless Despot home improvement palace, pharmacy, and greasy spoon restaurants.

I have seen grocery store "deserts" in tiny towns (<2k people) populated by dollar stores while grocery stores are 10-40 miles away. That's the price of living in rural areas. There are other areas in the US where Walmart came in, destroyed local independent businesses, and left.

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