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Would you support the vaccine being mandatory?

225 replies

Lockdowner35 · 09/01/2021 20:22

If there was a guarantee life would get back to normal

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AgeLikeWine · 10/01/2021 00:05

Absolutely not. This is Britain, not North Korea.

I will be vaccinated as soon as it is my turn, and when that day comes I will be extremely grateful, but in a free society that should be my choice, not a compulsion. Any attempt to make vaccines compulsory would only fuel conspiracy theories and be counter-productive.

bumbleymummy · 10/01/2021 00:15

@Morgan12

No.

But. Big big but coming up.

If you are perfectly healthy and are choosing to not get the vaccine then I don't think you should be allowed in restaurants etc when they reopen.

I shouldn't have to get the vaccine so the people who aren't (for no good reason) can have their normal life back.

We are all in this together.

If you’re perfectly healthy you don’t need the vaccine. The point of it is to reduce severity of disease, particularly in more vulnerable people, to take the pressure off hospitals. For most people, the risk of coronavirus is very low. By the time the vaccine actually gets offered to less vulnerable people, a lot of them will have been infected anyway.
Girlyracer · 10/01/2021 00:27

No I don't support it being mandatory.

However I do think part of the reason why many of us want it is because we think it's possible our lives may be curtailed in some way if we do not have it. Eg we might not be able to fly, or certain restaurants may demand it.

I do think it's fine if certain industries expect people to be in inoculated before using their services or working for them.

alliejay81 · 10/01/2021 00:39

Nope. I'll have it as will my child, but I respect bodily autonomy as a basic human right!

OneWildNightWithJBJ · 10/01/2021 00:44

Absolutely not.

Saz12 · 10/01/2021 00:51

No.

I feel privileged to have had the vaccine already. I have no time for anti-vax nonsense. But people have the right to refuse medical treatment if they’re daft enough to do so.

trulydelicious · 10/01/2021 01:01

If there was a guarantee life would get back to normal

Only if there was a guarantee it will not cause any adverse effects to my health or if it did, I could claim a hefty compensation from the relevant pharmaceutical company

trulydelicious · 10/01/2021 01:02

I think these vaccines are a step in the right direction, but I would never advocate for them to be mandatory, no

JessicaHyde · 10/01/2021 01:09

No obviously, why are people so willing to say they are not anti vaxxer. Vaccines that have been given for a lot of time and are proven are fine, we all get the baby jags and are fine.

Experimental mrna vaccine pushed out after a small amount of time, err you first.

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 10/01/2021 01:14

@Bluntness100

I don’t think it will be necessary but yes I would

A friend of mine works in a gps practice, as a contractor, they were told if they didn’t have it they could not work there any longer. I think that’s fair.

That's not the same thing as making it mandatory.
JessicaHyde · 10/01/2021 01:15

Has anyone felt odd after a vaccine? I felt weird for months after the hepatitis vaccine when working as a health carere so never went back for the booster.

lljkk · 10/01/2021 01:16

Nobody can guarantee what OP is offering.

JessicaHyde · 10/01/2021 01:20

If you support it being mandatory you are a blind fool

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 10/01/2021 01:20

@PinkFondantFancy

I'd say if take up is low in high risk groups, they've been offered and had a fair chance to have it, I'd be arguing strongly for lockdowns to be removed. There would be absolutely no reason to continue with them
Except for vulnerable who cant have the vaccine
WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 10/01/2021 01:45

NO.

I have my sleeve rolled up already and I'd walk the 10 miles for NC a 3am slot if it was offered, I'm that keen to have it ASAP, (whichever one I'm offered)

But no, I would not, at this stage anyway, condone it being mandatory

I do, however, believe all businesses, coaches and anyone really must have the legal right to refuse anyone a job, entry to their premises, training, whatever, that hasn't been vaccinated.

Exemption cards should be provided to anyone who medically cannot have it.

People with needle phobias & the like, should be able to have it under sedation or whatever help they choose, IF they wish to.

If uptake isn't high enough after all of those who want it, have had their second injections, then anyone just refusing it for 'it hasn't been tested for 200 years' or 'I'm young fit & healthy' type reasons should have to do a course a bit like the 'speed awareness' course.

Userzzz · 10/01/2021 02:39

No

TopBants · 10/01/2021 06:03

Exemption cards should be provided to anyone who medically cannot have it.

And, just like that, we've found our way into ID card territory. Because, obviously, the vaccinated would also need to carry a card to prove they've had it and it would need to be hard enough to create a fake version and would need photos etc to stop people borrowing them off others...

It's a massive impingement of our basic human rights to privacy and I, for one, will not be clamouring for it.

HeronLanyon · 10/01/2021 06:07

My pure utilitarian but of my head wants to say YES OF COURSE.
But every fibre of my being then says NO.
I will gladly have the vaccine and definitely think we all should.

Emeeno1 · 10/01/2021 06:28

No. It sets a precedent for the future that I don't think should be set.

U8myufo · 10/01/2021 08:53

No way. Not ever.

DipSwimSwoosh · 10/01/2021 09:01

No. How could you make it illegal to go unvaccinated? Awful.

Eng123 · 10/01/2021 11:39

@bumbleymummy
The average healthy person does still need the vaccine in order to create a herd immunity. Yes it's not guaranteed that a vaccinated person cant pass it on but its highly likely that they would have much lower levels of virus in their body and less likley to spread by coughing etc.

bumbleymummy · 10/01/2021 11:58

@Eng123 They will also be contributing to herd immunity if they contract the disease. That will be the case for a lot of people given the length of time it will take to roll out the vaccine, and the fact that so many people have had already pre-vaccine. A recent study showed that immunity from natural infections lasts 5-8 months plus and it looks like it will last longer. Good news! :)

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 10/01/2021 12:02

Like many, I will absolutely having it. I think anti vaxxers are bonkers. But medical procedures should NEVER be made compulsory.

miimblemomble · 10/01/2021 13:16

No I wouldn't make it mandatory at this stage. Not even in a fantasy "what if" scenario, and definitely not while the actual effectiveness of the current vaccines is, in terms of preventing transmission getting us "back to normal" is still unknown.

However, I live in a country where certain vaccines are mandatory before children are allowed to start school, and people like nursery workers, nurses, care home staff etc have to show proof of certain vaccinations before they can be employed. I fully support this because these are time-served vaccines, and we have a much better understanding of their effectiveness.