Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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SvennoJ said:

KManX89 said:

Oh fuck off with this excuse (not talking to you personally, so don't take this the wrong way). These people not getting the vaccine are the exception, and far less frequent than Covidiots/anti-vaxxers lead on. The overwhelming majority of unvaccinated are "puh science, I'm not gonna get the vaccine! Masks/vaccs are the bane of freedom!" tinfoil hattery asshats, and the stats show it. If it were simply people with legitimate medical concerns not getting the vaccine instead of the propaganda machine it actually is, then why are vaccination rates lowest in red states?

Also, those states tend to have the highest rates of infection and death, little FYI. It's no coincidence, either.

Nice taking it out of context. It is a concern for employers, facing potential law suits when firing unvaccinated people.

It's not that simple to fire unvaccinated workers

Potential for Human Rights Damages

A documented health issue is considered a disability under the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) and the Canadian Human Rights Act (the Act). Both disability and religion are protected grounds under the Code and the Act for which an employer cannot discriminate against their employees. The Code and the Act therefore require employers to accommodate the employee’s relevant grounds for not getting vaccinated to the point of undue hardship. 

Many people have legitimate and documented health reasons for not getting their COVID-19 vaccines. There are also some who also have religious and spiritual contentions about how specific vaccines were created and tested. As a result, firing an employee who did not get vaccinated for medical or religious reasons could lead to a discrimination claim against the employer, with the potential for significant legal expenses for the employer and damages awarded to the employee. 


Interesting you picked the line about legimate and documented health reasons, and not the one about religious and spiritual contentions... That's better than being allergic to the vaccines?


But yes, the majority are not getting vaxxed for 'political' reasons, laziness, avoiding minor discomfort or simply believing they're young and healthy and nothing can happen to them. Maybe there are even some that actually belief the tinfoil hat conspiracy theories, another minority. Most simply use it as excuse, looking for reasons not to bother.


Yet, you can't simply fire all unvaccinated people, like you can't blame every obese person for their eating habits, or everyone with lung cancer for smoking.

Well no, not all but pretty much everyone that has direct contact to customers (obviously not when that contact is phone-only).

And those who can't work from home permanently. Factory workers for example.

What's the alternative? You could try to relocate them within the same company but that's obviously not going to work for everyone.