I'm glad I'm not the only one uncomfortable with the direction of travel in societies around the world when it comes to vaccines. I'm triple vaccinated through choice because for me I felt that on balance it was the safest thing to do for me. I am under no illusions about the vaccine being 'completely safe' and that it does indeed carry risks and realise that for the vast majority of people COVID is little more than a cold, particularly younger people. I totally understand and respect an individual's decision to take their chances with COVID rather than the vaccine and I am absolutely horrified that this would ever be anything other than a completely free choice. Bodily autonomy is a fundamental human right and shouldn't be abandoned because the health service has been run into the ground! I would tend towards this view even if the vaccine did provide sterilising immunity, but it doesn't even come close to this, and indeed after a few months protection against infection drops quite low. The whole of Europe, irrespective of whatever restrictions and measures and despite vaccination, are now seeing surges of infection. Clearly being vaccinated doesn't stop spread (and as above, after a few months, isn't even particularly effective at stopping infection), and yet countries around Europe and the world are making it mandatory! Countries that we are told are caring, tolerant societies that we should be emulating (Europe = Good, UK = Bad, as pp above), such as Germany, are putting into law that all adults MUST be vaccinated, although Germany apparently stopped short of allowing physical force (so that's OK then 
). I mean, what the actual fuck is going on in the world?? It's like everyone has lost their minds!
I can't help thinking that there is a political aspect to this, people are suffering (especially in countries where there have been hard restrictions - see Djokovic in Australia currently) and still there is no end in sight. Governments can't admit that a virus is going to do its thing regardless and the measures they've imposed are largely ineffective, so a scape goat is needed. Who better than the unvaccinated? Selfish, unclean, deserve to have their lives made hell (according to Macron) for not making the 'right' choice. Never mind that even if every person was vaccinated it wouldn't stop COVID - the vaccine just isn't that good (although great at stopping severe disease). The scariest thing is how few people are standing up against this narrative. The only people I can see in the UK are backbench Tories, and fortunately 
they will probably ensure that the UK doesn't go down this route. Given free reign I think Sturgeon would happily make them mandatory, so thank fuck she doesn't have that much power. I wonder if in a few years people will look back and think what the hell were we doing? So many things that used to be unthinkable are now actively pushed by many in power.