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Re: Eric Clapton refuses to play venues requiring vaccines for concertgoers

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Post by david38 » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:27 PM UTC

mam3 wrote: post #18

Good. No young people should be "required" to take the vaccine. Freedom of choice and respect of the body first.

Oh, what happened to “my business, my property, my rules?” Nobody is forcing you to go to a concert.

Funny how nobody complains children can’t attend school without a vaccine.

You can always smell a stupid political tribal political opinion when people act like they want to die on a hill in the name of freedom, yet run the nearest ER like little babies when they get sick.

Put your money where your mouth is. Put your name on a public list declaring you irrevocably refuse treatment if you get the virus.

Opposing our reaction to the pandemic is one thing, believing that Schrodinger’s virus simultaneously doesn’t exist and is treatable by something else is hilarious stupidity.

Re: Eric Clapton refuses to play venues requiring vaccines for concertgoers

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Post by mam3 » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 4:31 PM UTC

david38 wrote: post #21

mam3 wrote: post #18

Good. No young people should be "required" to take the vaccine. Freedom of choice and respect of the body first.

Oh, what happened to “my business, my property, my rules?” Nobody is forcing you to go to a concert. Funny how nobody complains children can’t attend school without a vaccine. You can always smell a stupid political tribal political opinion when people act like they want to die on a hill in the name of freedom, yet run the nearest ER like little babies when they get sick. Put your money where your mouth is. Put your…

> Oh, what happened to “my business, my property, my rules?” Nobody is forcing you to go to a concert.

So first if you had read the article it's the uk governement not a businesses rule. Secondly businesses and governement follow the majority opinions. It's a good thing people like Clapton voice their optinion

> You can always smell a stupid political tribal political opinion when people act like they want to die on a hill in the name of freedom, yet run the nearest ER like little babies when they get sick.

> Put your money where your mouth is. Put your name on a public list declaring you irrevocably refuse treatment if you get the virus.

Chill down keyboard warrior. The fact it's not treatable by anything else than vaccine doesn't mean it's good or even legal to coerce people into taking the vaccine, or plainly discriminate against those who don't for whatever reason (starting with pregnant women). As a matter of facts it's actually very clearly illegal in europe to do so, since the vaccines are still "experimental drugs". here's a french article with legal sources if you want the details.

https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=med...

Re: Eric Clapton refuses to play venues requiring vaccines for concertgoers

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Post by codyswann » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

pdog wrote: post #16

igetspam wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And another one: Eric Clapton doesn't care about the health and safety of his fans; is 100% willing to risk their safety from the distant safety of his stage act.

Eric Clapton isn't forcing people to attend his concerts. Anyone can judge the risk for themselves.

I wholeheartedly disagree with this. I would say a large percentage of people are incapable of judging the risk for themselves, which is why we get people going on ventilators begging to get the vaccine now.

I mean, the entire insurance industry is built around the idea that people are incapable of judging risk.