LurkerJ said:
SvennoJ said:
This does raise a moral/ethical question.
Do you let the virus do 'its thing', no more restrictions, since the option is there to get vaccinated if you want / try hard enough. Basically let the anti-vaxers and other hesitant people fend for themselves. (with the risk of creating new strains in the process) And go for herd immunity the hard way.
What about the children though, below 12 aren't getting vaccinated yet and while low occurrence, there are problems with covid in children as well. Plus hospitals will stay busy with covid, pushing other things further and further back.
It seems the USA is done with restrictions, UK as well, the rest can fend for themselves. Canada might be next.
Anyway, instead of getting rid of it / numbers so low it won't flare up again with vaccinations, now it's a wait and see game again whether it's safe to send my youngest back to school. He has to go back regardless, not doing well socially. But how safe it will be, I don't know. There definitely no longer is any push to suppress the pandemic entirely, it's a collective fail in that regards.
I'm getting my second dose tomorrow, and my wife should have reached close to full immunity by now. Next, the kids, our oldest just turned 12, so he is eligible. It still feels like a gamble. Too many unknowns still and too much conflicting information. Anyway it's his decision to make and there is zero info made available for kids. Pretty poor going imo. |
I think smokers, boozers, addicts, and those who are obese and don't exercise should pay more taxes. If those who don't wish to take the vaccine end up in the hospital, they should be taxed more. Obviously the issue here is that the majority of unvaccinated people won't need public services to support them unless they get severe or long COVID19, so only start taxing them if they fall ill? I truly believe there should be harsher consequences for anyone who thinks my taxes are there to fund their smoking-induced COPD/diabetes treatments, nothing more off putting than seeing a grown ass adult with a cigarette. |
The problem with this, is you'd end up with some rarer situations where people who'd rather not get vaxed, due avoiding extra taxation, out of necessity or not, are going to take the vax. For those few who get severely negatively impacted, or killed because of it, how does the system respond? Do you just turn a blind eye or pay their family reparations? How much if so? Would reparations be enough?
The problem is, who to sacrifice in what situations, and nobody wants the answer to be themselves or their loved ones, and it's understandable why. What's hard to understand is how exactly to deal with those problems, and the answer is always somewhat flawed.
