Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity
by roenxi on Friday February 04, 2022 @05:51PM
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There is no risk to the hospital system. There have been 2 years to prepare and we just had 1,000,000 covid cases is NSW and there was barely a blip. There were around 3,000 hospitalisations at peak and it seemed to mostly be vaccinated people although the table over at covidlive.com.au might be misleading me.
This isn't an emergency any more, this is routine.
> I also consider getting vaccinated to be one of the Article 29 "duties to the community".
That is an extreme hand wave. It appears the argument is "We can violate your human rights because you have a duty to do what I tell you". These are serious concerns, you may just handwave things like free travel or ability to see family with "you have a duty, but I don't feel a need to justify it" - but that isn't a respectable position.
What is the real risk to the community of these unvaccinated people? We've pretty much seen the worst case COVID scenario play out in the last 2 months and it doesn't seem like the unvaxxed have been a problem in the slightest. The campaign of bullying should end.
The Article 25 right to medical care, which unvaccinated people can put at risk by overwhelming hospitals with ICU cases.
I also consider getting vaccinated to be one of the Article 29 "duties to the community".