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Old 29-04-2021, 17:27   #4906
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Unless you want to reduce the chance of them spreading the virus if they are one of the one in three that is asymptomatic when they get it.
But if everyone that needs to be is vaccinated, and many, many more will have had it, so what. Their immune systems can take care of it.

"could" be justified is not the same as "required"

Also variants/ mutations are not always more deadly, it may evolve to be less lethal. Not that it's that lethal at the moment.
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I don't think I will be in any rush to have my two boys vaccinated but no doubt it will be forced on upon them if we want to go on holiday.

There is no reason to have under 18's (you could probably go as far as under 30) vaccinated.
As Hugh said, good old herd immunity and the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective are good reasons to get as many people vaccinated as possible. The young may not need the protection the vaccine gives but vaccinating the young will protect others.

I would feel much more comfortable if my kids were vaccinated before visiting their Gran/my mum even though she's had her jabs
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As Hugh said, good old herd immunity and the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective are good reasons to get as many people vaccinated as possible. The young may not need the protection the vaccine gives but vaccinating the young will protect others.

I would feel much more comfortable if my kids were vaccinated before visiting their Gran/my mum even though she's had her jabs
Well that's fine.

I won't be having mine done unless I'm forced to by stealth.
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I don't think I will be in any rush to have my two boys vaccinated but no doubt it will be forced on upon them if we want to go on holiday.

There is no reason to have under 18's (you could probably go as far as under 30) vaccinated.
Lockdown lovers might enjoy the prospect of hovering below the herd immunity threshold and ongoing restrictions.

I however don’t. Mandate it for teenagers especially as they’ll start clogging up university halls in major towns and cities. To not mandate it, or withhold it, despite the evidence proving it safe and effective is good news for the anti-vax brigade.

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Well that's fine.

I won't be having mine done unless I'm forced to by stealth.
Have your kids had the MMR jabs?

If so, what’s the difference?

(Genuinely curious, not trying to have a go).
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I however don’t. Mandate it for teenagers especially as they’ll start clogging up university halls in major towns and cities. To not mandate it, or withhold it, despite the evidence proving it safe and effective is good news for the anti-vax brigade.

You can't "mandate" it, you can strongly advise it.

It's either the decision of the parent or the decision of the person.

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Have your kids had the MMR jabs?

If so, what’s the difference?

(Genuinely curious, not trying to have a go).
I know you're not.

Yes they had MMR and everything else. So did I when I was a kid including the polio sugar cube.

They are very different illnesses than COVID

Getting one of the MMR illnesses as a child, especially, a very young child can cause serious complications.

There is no evidence that COVID causes any issues for Children (that don't have other complications)
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You can't "mandate" it, you can strongly advise it.

It's either the decision of the parent or the decision of the person.
Well whatever the strongest requirement is. Incentivise it as you say through mandating testing as much as possible (airports) at an individuals expense. Covid passports for popular venues and events the age group would participate in.
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You can't "mandate" it, you can strongly advise it.

It's either the decision of the parent or the decision of the person.

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I know you're not.

Yes they had MMR and everything else. So did I when I was a kid including the polio sugar cube.

They are very different illnesses than COVID

Getting one of the MMR illnesses as a child, especially, a very young child can cause serious complications.

There is no evidence that COVID causes any issues for Children (that don't have other complications)
The whole point of healthy people getting vaccinated is to protect those whose immune systems cannot cope either with catching covid or with the actual vaccine..The idea is to try and protect the particularly vulnerable so why wouldn't a relatively healthy adult not get vaccinated if only to protect other vulnerable members of family or community?
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The whole point of healthy people getting vaccinated is to protect those whose immune systems cannot cope either with catching covid or with the actual vaccine..The idea is to try and protect the particularly vulnerable so why wouldn't a relatively healthy adult not get vaccinated if only to protect other vulnerable members of family or community?
Heaven forbid a Government policy values the collective over the individual.

I think the fact Pierre is willing to sell up his principles on vaccinating children for saving money on a family holiday is telling. Two PCR tests at my cost? No thanks.

Government should absolutely crush the will of those resisting by increasing the inconvenience and financial cost. It’s so easy.
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Heaven forbid a Government policy values the collective over the individual.

I think the fact Pierre is willing to sell up his principles on vaccinating children for saving money on a family holiday is telling. Two PCR tests at my cost? No thanks.

Government should absolutely crush the will of those resisting by increasing the inconvenience and financial cost. It’s so easy.
You mean by making vaccination a condition of getting a passport or making you pay for insurance to cover the cost to the state if you subsequently required NHS treatment which could have reasonably been avoided by being vaccinated?
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The whole point of healthy people getting vaccinated is to protect those whose immune systems cannot cope either with catching covid or with the actual vaccine..
Are they not getting vaccinated then?

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Government should absolutely crush the will of those resisting by increasing the inconvenience and financial cost. It’s so easy.
The public should be “crushed” , free will abolished, and freedom only when approved and allowed by the state.

Yours sincerely JFMarx.
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You mean by making vaccination a condition of getting a passport or making you pay for insurance to cover the cost to the state if you subsequently required NHS treatment which could have reasonably been avoided by being vaccinated?
There’s lower hanging fruit than that.

Any testing requirement adding £160 per child per holiday suddenly finds capitalists keen to avoid the cost.

Leveraging the system is easy without necessarily making it an absolute condition. Those with a principled stand suddenly will sell out for a couple of nights in a three star hotel in Benidorm.

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The public should be “crushed” , free will abolished, and freedom only when approved and allowed by the state.

Yours sincerely JFMarx.
I know you’re obviously content to risk further lockdown, and huge economic costs resulting from failure of the vaccination programme, and letting the virus run rife in schools and further education institutions.

However, I absolutely disagree.

The irony is you call others “lockdown lovers” and when offered a way out resist, unless you can save money on a holiday of course.
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Well that's fine.

I won't be having mine done unless I'm forced to by stealth.
Why not? You're giving the virus more opportunities to spread and thereby slow down the ending of restrictions.
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I know you’re obviously content to risk further lockdown,
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no evidence again.

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The irony is you call others “lockdown lovers” and when offered a way out resist, unless you can save money on a holiday of course.
The way out is already mapped without the need to vaccinate children.

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Why not?
Only the illiterate would not have read and understood my point of view.

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I look forward to reading your paper.
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no evidence of that no evidence of any failure. no evidence again.

fine



The way out is already mapped without the need to vaccinate children.

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Only the illiterate would not have read and understood my point of view.



I look forward to reading your paper.
On the contrary Pierre.

Anyone can read your posts - no need for restrictions, no need for vaccination as to those you deem 'safe' (notably, safe isn't scientifically defined).

That in itself always brings us back to the same risk - overwhelming the limited capacity of NHS resource. As you well know, I've told you often enough.

The way out isn't mapped at all - there's an aspirational document that will absolutely be overturned if and when the ignorant decide rules no longer apply to them when they should. Or, en masse they no longer need to be vaccinated.

If you want this to be the schools going back argument again as a comfort that you are right I'm more than happy to watch you follow the deluded path as you did in January.

There's always been two ways out - elimination through lockdown. Elimination through vaccination.

There is no 'living with the virus'.

I've always believed you've engaged with this debate sincerely. But without either path lockdown continues to be absolutely inevitable as much as it is absolutely avoidable.

As long as we keep pushing up the price of bang average family package holidays though with PCR tests I think we should we good.

Lockdown lovers of course thrive in this uncertainty because that is the only absolute certainty.

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