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Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)

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Re: Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)

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Post by leeoniya »

theodorejb wrote: post #31

It seems we are heading in a direction where those who don't take the jab will be blocked from receiving government services, prevented from patronizing various businesses, and even restricted from traveling and the ability to work. Are most citizens really okay with this medical apartheid, or are they afraid of speaking out against it?

i've always wondered how anti-vaxxers would feel about sending their children to schools exclusively for anti-vaxxers. is this something they would feel no hesitation in doing, or do they actually appreciate that their unvaccinated kids are surrounded by others' vaccinated kids?

and also does there exist a sufficient amount of medical professionals to agree to service an all-anti-vaxxer school without complaint?

Re: Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)

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Post by tdrdt »

Ardon wrote: post #6
b3nji wrote: post #2

I don't understand, if the vaccines work then why the issue? However the vaccines don't stop you catching or spreading the virus, so why is this banning of the unvaccinated a thing? Very odd.

If a seatbelt doest stop you from dying in 100% of car crashes, I don't understand why they're mandatory?

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Post by IgorPartola »

theodorejb wrote: post #31

It seems we are heading in a direction where those who don't take the jab will be blocked from receiving government services, prevented from patronizing various businesses, and even restricted from traveling and the ability to work. Are most citizens really okay with this medical apartheid, or are they afraid of speaking out against it?

Yes, I am ok with society not supporting those who choose to actively work against its well being. This isn’t a slippery slope situation, let’s not get carried away with that. Either do your patriotic duty, or do the selfish thing and suffer the consequences.

Re: Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)

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Post by dahart »

loudtieblahblah wrote: post #66
Orphis wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Horrible logic. Seatbelts are in the same position. They are mandatory and greatly reduce harm done in an accident. Same thing for the vaccines, you won't die and won't likely be using an ICU bed that other patients need. Go spread your FUD elsewhere.

My job wouldn't let me go if I didn't wear one. And government wouldn't prevent my care even if they did.

> My job wouldn’t let me go if I didn’t wear one.

Yes it would, if your job is a driver. It happens all the time. Just search for “fired for not wearing seatbelt”, and you’ll find plenty of stories. The reason you can get fired for this is because it’s (1) illegal, (2) unsafe, and (3) a company liability if the company is found to be lax on training.

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Post by tylersmith »

crisdux wrote: post #33
micromacrofoot wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

vaccines reduce transmission and severity, this virus has killed over 5 million people in 2 years

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Re: Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)

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Post by mynameishere »

theodorejb wrote: post #31

It seems we are heading in a direction where those who don't take the jab will be blocked from receiving government services, prevented from patronizing various businesses, and even restricted from traveling and the ability to work. Are most citizens really okay with this medical apartheid, or are they afraid of speaking out against it?

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Post by jashmatthews »

VoodooJuJu wrote: post #36
b3nji wrote: post #2

I don't understand, if the vaccines work then why the issue? However the vaccines don't stop you catching or spreading the virus, so why is this banning of the unvaccinated a thing? Very odd.

The vaccines do work by diminishing severity of symptoms and thus reducing rate of hospitalization. The unvaccinated are banned as means to put social and financial pressure on individuals to get the vaccine. It is an unfortunate misconception that any of the currently-approved intramuscular vaccines reduce transmission to a meaningful degree. This social and financial pressure is placed on individuals because urban…

> It is an unfortunate misconception that any of the currently-approved intramuscular vaccines reduce transmission to a meaningful degree.

This is another misconception. Our best evidence is that they're extremely effective. The problem is they're not quite effective enough to just go back to life as before since newer variants are extremely virulent.

Re: Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)

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Post by ekianjo »

guidovranken wrote: post #58

In other festive COVID news from Canada: >Canada's Justin Trudeau on the unvaccinated: >“They don’t believe in science/progress and are very often misogynistic and racist....This leads us, as a leader and as a country, to make a choice: Do we tolerate these people?" https://twitter.com/KevinBardosh/status/1476838517007257600 My patience with COVID cultists is starting to run quite thin.

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