Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by SamReidHughes on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:12PM
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Five years. And that was Polio. Coronavirus isn't Polio.
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by seanmcdirmid on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:16PM
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Yes, because polio was killing kids rather than older people with health problems. Also, they shut down a lot of infrastructure (like swimming pools) to prevent transmission before a vaccine controlled the problem, similar to are lockdowns and mask mandates today p. And you know, I’d like life to go back to normal, it’s just a quick needle prick.
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by SamReidHughes on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @03:33AM
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Life already has gone back to normal.
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:26AM
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Oh, then I can finally book that trip to Tokyo I’ve been meaning to get to for a couple of years?
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by SamReidHughes on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:26PM
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Well I can book a trip to the non-neurotic portions of America.
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:31PM
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Sure, but the rest of the world thinks those are the crazy places.
Mass vaccination is the only way to stop transmission, of course, you just can’t have some people vaccinated and others not, vaccines don’t work like that. The exemptions have never been very deep (very few takers each year), but if they exceed something like 5%, then an adjustment must be made. Washington state for example, revoked personal and philosophical exemptions for MMR vaccines after an outbreak. Religious exemptions are still allowed, but those have a much higher bar than a philosophical exemption. Medical exemptions are always allowed, they are one major reason why most everyone else needs to get vaccinated in the first place (because people who can’t get the vaccine are at risk from transmission).
I guess one could argue that everyone that wants to should get vaccinated to better protect those who don’t want to be vaccinated. That makes sense, but hardly seems fair.