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Originally Posted by Pierre
People that don’t wish to be vaccinated are a danger only unto themselves.
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I am not in favour of vaccine mandates. The lack of government enforcement of a lot of these rules is partly what has made Britain quite accepting of the vaccine, of masks and of rules around social distancing.
There is an implicit understanding that the public will behave responsibly and the State will not be coercive. This is a much better method than what is happening in France where the public was resistant to the vaccine until the Government forced it via a vaccine mandate. It's a much more anagtonstic relationship between the people and the state.
But the idea people who are not vaccinated are only a danger to themselves is wrong.
Yes, people who are vaccinated can spread COVID but they are less likely to get COVID and have shorter illnesses if they do. Both of which reduce, not eliminate, the spread of the virus.
Over an entire population, this reduced transmission adds up to fewer cases and therefore fewer hospitalisations. There is a consequence to the larger public in having unvaccinated people around. Not to mention the consequences to the health service in having to deal with hospitalisations that, had the patients been vaccinated, they wouldn't have had to deal with.