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DP. The unvaccinated pose a very meaningful risk to society as a whole. But it is fashionable now to forget that anyone has any civic duty to society as a whole.

The unvaccinated are the ones who fill up hospital beds, end up seriously ill, or die. I guess you'd say, well, that's on them; their serious illnesses, hospital stays and deaths (or long Covid) don't hurt me as a vaccinated person so why do I care? I care because the unvaccinated still put many people at risk: Children who can't be vaccinated yet, people of all ages who can't be vaccinated, people who are vaccinated but for whom even a "mild" case of Covid could end up being devastating. But there's zero concern at this point for those vulnerable people and an attitude of "Let them stay home forever, then, so the rest of us can Go On Living!" Nope, those people are not part of society, apparently. [/quote]
At the end of the day, it seems like this comes down to some desire to punish people for making a "bad" decision. So, it's not about public health policy, but rather its some sort of moral judgment.

And, again, the vaccines (unfortunately) don't end transmission. So, the at-risk people will remain at-risk even if everyone else is vaccinated. These mandates are futile.

We need to accept, as a society, that some percentage of Americans won't get vaccinated no matter what we do, and plan for the future accordingly. Part of that will be accepting that people will keep dying from covid forever. [/quote]
I think many of us do want to punish those refusing to act in the best interest of society.  To act so smug and cavalier without fearing consequences is not right.
It’s also about equity.  [b]If my family must comply with vaccinations, boosters, [/b]masking, inconvenience, and constant fear, well guess what.  So does yours.  To give that type a pass will only lead to more distrust and dangerous individualism.[/quote]

Nope.  I didn’t ask you to get vaccinated.  I didn’t ask you to get your kids vaccinated.  You chose to do that.  And nobody owes you anything for that decision.  [/quote]

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