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Originally Posted by Paul

Being vaccinated doesnt mean you wont die, nor does it mean you cannot catch it, and not being vaccinated doesnt mean you will catch it, or that you'll die if you do.

Vaccination triggers your immune system, which means you have a better chance of not catching it, and if you do, it will probably be less serious than otherwise. Its not magic, but it does have potential serious side effects, even if rare.

There is a vast difference between volunteering to take something, and being forced to take it, a very slippery slope to go down. Civil wars have been triggered by less.

I think we are all agreed that and a mandaTory vaccination in the UK would not be tolerated by the public and would not be promulgated by the Guvmin.

Austria, which sparked this branch of the conversation, has public acceptance of mandatory vaccination as in the cases of polio and smallpox.