Poll on compulsory covid vaccination in 2021-2023

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I don't know what real policy will be, I just wondered about gauging the range of views of readers on this board (chance for lurkers to reply). I will summarise replies if more than 20. Which of the below policies is closest to your own preference, about what the covid vaccination policy should be, for UK adults in 2021-2023?

1. Optional for everyone, not required by any employer or for customers of a business to show evidence or "reasonable excuse" not to have had it

2. Not compulsory for all, but health and social care employers can legally require the jab for staff who work with any clinically vulnerable; refusal would be permitted grounds for dismissal if jab not medically contra-indicated

3. Not compulsory for all, but any employers allowed to require the jab for staff (refusal would be permitted grounds for dismissal); businesses allowed to require jab among customers, thus no jab = legally refuse service

4. Compulsory for all adults without medical contra-indications

I'm 100% having this vaccine

But 1

I'm sick of society and other people making decisions about my fucking body and life

4

1

@Againstmachine

1.

To the people voting 4 maybe we should have compulsary abortions if you don't meet a set of conditions for having kids after all your body isn't yours anymore. Yep that's how offensive 4 is.

It is possible to be more nuanced.

For a large part of the twentieth century, a large proportion of men were required to undertake compulsory military service. Many died or were seriously injured as a result. Were their bodies still theirs? Was that offensive?

I have asked a few times now and still no answer. Given that option 3 is "no jab, no job", and "no jab, no entry" to shops, business, events etc.... how do those voting 4 propose that it is enforced?
Break into people's houses and restrain them? Fine them? What?

@Grannycurls

My solution to those who cannot be vaccinated: Put yourself on a high dose of Vitamin D (4000iu and more). That should protect you enough, both from contracting the disease as well as, if you DO contract it, it having serious effects on your health, and most especially, of you dying from it. Seriously.

I've written more at length on this on the BAME thread and don't want to hijack this one even more.

Do you have references to the multiple peer-reviewed double-blind studies that establish this?

3

1

NOT anti-vaxx, but anything else violates the kinds of laws we had to bring in after the nazis for goodness sake. Talk about "wrong side of history"!!!

I've changed my opinion in the last week! About a fortnight ago I'd have said 3. Now I'm saying 1.
I was too extreme before, as I was feeling defensive, and thus being defensive, as I actually had doubts about the position I was holding. I had an epiphany about a week ago, and have gained some self-awareness and insight. It's a long story! But now I'm a 1. I understand why people are the higher numbers though too. I would never have been a 4 though, as forced vaccination (or any medical treatment) is a form of abuse, as well as being unenforceable.
I think lots of people are being very defensive at the moment (the extreme pro-vax, and the extreme anti-vax) and probably don't really believe some of the things they're saying. Lots of us just need to calm down a bit...