Covid projections

Cautionary tales are very different from condemnation and I think that what fundamentalists Christians did in the 1980s to fan hatred against the gay community goes far beyond reporting something as a cautionary tale. 

I think for the most part the media and social networks have not been as disrespetful as some might think they could have been regarding the deaths due to COVID of anti-vaxxers. There may have been some tongue in cheek twitter comments in the early days about those famous and fallen who refused to believe COVID was real but for the most part, not a lot of vitriol. Take the recent death of Meat Loaf who was known to be anti-vaxx on the grounds of being a patriotic pro-freedom "American" (and also known as an avid Trump supporter). Tributes poured in from fans, fellow musicians and actors, and journalist from around the world despite the fact that he died of COVID. 

Healthy societies put the interest of society as a whole before the interests of individuals who are unable to see beyond their personal perspectives and interests. This may explain why you seem to be unable to understand why societies around the world aren't kowtowing to your personal perspective regarding how Covid-19 should be dealt with.

When the pandemic is over the public will heave a huge sigh of relief and be thankful that vaccines were able to save hundreds of millions of lives. Most people will see how following science is important to human progress. People will also see how human selfishness is a great impediment to human progress. Many people will also see how society has become very vulnerable to the spread of lies and their resultant conspiracy theories like the conspiracy theories the anti-vaxxers spread.

JKR wrote:

<p>When the pandemic is over the public will heave a huge sigh of relief&nbsp;and be thankful that vaccines were able to save hundreds of millions of lives. Most people will see how following science is important to human progress. People will also see how human selfishness is a great impediment to human progress. Many people will also see how society has become very vulnerable to the spread of lies and their resultant conspiracy theories like the conspiracy theories the anti-vaxxers spread.</p>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association
Freedom of association encompasses both an individual's right to join or leave groups voluntarily, the right of the group to take collective action to pursue the interests of its members, and the right of an association to accept or decline membership based on certain criteria. It can be described as the right of a person coming together with other individuals to collectively express, promote, pursue and/or defend common interests.[1] Freedom of association is both an individual right and a collective right, guaranteed by all modern and democratic legal systems, including the United States Bill of Rights, article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and international law, including articles 20 and 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 22 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work by the International Labour Organization also ensures these rights.

Having said that...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodily_integrity

Bodily integrity is the inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination of human beings over their own bodies. In the field of human rights, violation of the bodily integrity of another is regarded as an unethical infringement, intrusive, and possibly criminal.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

That's a very important principle or value or whatever you want to call it. Technically no one is being forced to be vaccinated. From a practical standpoint they are. 

But then I circle back to the right of the vaccinated to avoid exposure as much as possible. At this point in time vaccination is our only way forward. Letting it rip is not an option. If politicians could keep everything open they would do it in a heartbeat. 

We have two years experience. This is a necessary health measure. Even if our health care system were stronger it would still be necessary. It doesn't make sense for everyone who doesn't want to be exposed to the unvaccinated to stay home. 

That is where the resentment is coming from. The vaccinated want our freedom. We want to socialize without risking covid. Vaccine mandates are not 100% effective as the vaccinated can catch and pass it on however viral loads are much smaller so even if you catch it it will be a lighter dose which does matter. 

eastnoireast wrote:

how is this comment "at the expense of the AIDS-devastated gay community" ? soiled by the mere proximity to the unclean?

You really cannot see how that post was disrespectful to the gay community?

eastnoireast][quote=Pondering wrote:

The unvaccinated are not driven by an altruistic desire to protect others. Altruism is a choice. However, given that they are not driven by altruism I am not inspired to feel altruistic towards them. It's no skin off my nose if their lives are uncomfortable and limited. Why should I care? They don't.

that's a piece of work, pondering.

So in this regard, I am equally individualistic. The unvaccinated are of no concern to me personally so why should I care ?

It's very sad that Covid has taken the life of Meat Loaf.

Howard Stern Blames Meatloaf’s Covid Death on ‘Weird F*cking Cult’, Calls on Family to Speak Out on Vaccines; Mediaite; January 25, 2022

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“Poor Meat Loaf got sucked into some weird fucking cult,” Stern said on the latest edition of his SiriusXM radio show. “And somehow really believed that — he made a statement, ‘I’d rather die a free man than take that vaccine.’ And now he’s dead!”

Stern then called on his family to come out in support of vaccines following the singer’s death. “I wish the family would come forward and say, ‘Ya know, when Meat Loaf was laying there in the hospital and he couldn’t breathe, he said, ‘I made a mistake. I should have taken the vaccine.’ Like all these anti-vaxxers, they all say, ‘I made a mistake.'”

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Looking at recent hospital stats the unvaccinated are being manipulated to sacrifice the lives of many people including themselves on the alter of right wing political manipulation. Each day it seems around another 200 Canadians are dying mostly unnecessarily because of anti-vax lunacy.

Smartass lol

Most restrictions are provincial not federal.  I am in favor of politicians following their population's preferences. Having said that the question is overbroad and is timed to take advantage of the numbers improving and the high vaccination rate.