09-17-2021, 07:49 PM
(09-17-2021, 04:22 PM)JoeKW Wrote: I agree that there are profound moral and ethical implications with this but it is disingenuous to compare general 'reckless/careless' with antivaxers who are actually causing a triage situation
People who are reckless with their health (whichever way they do it) cause issues with our hospitals. We simply don't see it because it's always been that way. We don't think about it, and it's all built into the system, as we know how many beds we need for various reasons.
To add, we don't know the amount of anti-vaxxers that are actually sick and in the hospital. We hear of specific cases, especially if it's a known person who is a far-right conspiracy theorist. But as for individuals who are in the hospital, we don't know how many of them are actual anti-vaxxers, how many of them have been in these marches, etc.
To give you insight on why some might not want to get the vaccine, one that hit my own household. My daughter (20) has severe social anxiety, OCD, selective mutism, autism along with a major phobia towards needles. It looks everything I had, plus a couple hundred dollars (she's on ODSP), just to get her out of the house, to her her needle.
1) Her social anxiety basically prevents her from going to busy places. Most vaccine clinics were crowded. This makes it a hard no.
2) Her OCD also prevents her from going out to many places, as she views these things a filthy.
3) Obviously her fear of needles also makes it that much more difficult.
Luckily, she has a supportive dad (me), who was willing to do research to figure the best way to get her shot (I chose a pharmacy). Also, since I am her power of attorney (both medical and financial), I can do all of the paperwork and talking.
Now, my daughter is far from the last person in this region with these mental health issues. There are a lot of other people just like her. These same folks might not have a supportive family. They might not come from a household with enough money to hire a lawyer to do the paperwork required to create a power of attorney, because, once they are 18, they can't request anyone to do their work. And really, for some, their fear of needles far exceeds the fear of getting sick with covid (and in many cases, their risk is very tiny). And unlike my daughters case, likely many can't be bribed and coerced into getting their shot with cold hard cash.
While my daughter did get both vaccines, there are many like her that won't. And they are not anti-vax.
Now, if we live in a country that now wants to punish those that didn't get a vaccine, like what that blog said, then this isn't a country I want to be part of anymore. It's a shitty country with shitty people. A country that no longer has empathy, compassion, or anything. And a country that is hypocritical to boot.