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[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Because you are saying, with near equal weight, both that mandatory vaccines are important and also body autonomy to do whatever(including vaccines). It has the same energy as “no offense but [offensive thing]” in that it sounds like you’re talking out of both sides of your mouth and we need to be extra sure you’re not just trying to cover your ass while spouting a bad opinion.

Every comment you make is one that is essentially in a vaccuum. I don’t know you, I don’t know your history, I just see a very weirdly placed comment saying that you agree in mandatory vaccination but also the convoy people have a point in a way that goes completely opposite to this first thing you believe. You’re also saying that the good point they have was only reached because they’re not smart, which is a weird thing to say. And Canada’s vaccination laws are way less intense than the ones you’re talking about, too, which just adds to the confusion.

I’m glad you believe that we need to do things to take care of one another in dangerous times but after that I really have no clue what you’re on about, to be honest.

[–] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My explanation is:

I agree that vaccines should be mandatory. I'm fully vaxxed on basically everything and even my dog gets their vaccinations. I trust in science and data.

That said, forcing people to do something they don't want to do is not good for social cohesion. A better way is meeting them where they are and educating them. This is not happening and instead we are belittling them, ostracizing them etc. This is why they are protesting, pushing back and being a problem, because they feel attacked.

It doesn't matter who is right because both think they are right.

Their arguments do have some merit, ie the government can't just decide for you to under go a procedure. We shouldn't just trust governments or scientists blindly or "it's for the greater good", that is basically the same as religion. They should instead be educated on why they can at least trust scientists and why scientists come to the conclusions they do, even if they aren't biologists themselves. And why the government makes the decisions it does. Like sure, YOU probably won't get sick, but when you're dealing with millions and millions of people, a single sub percentage point can make the difference between everyone getting through it, or the health system buckling under pressure and failing, letting hundreds of thousands die.

They dont think like that. They've never been taught to, and that's a failing of the education system.

Sure you will always have dissenters, but the point is to minimize them so they don't affect the outcome much by refusing treatment.

I hope that makes sense.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok, for the sake of not having this conversation spiral out of control, I’m going to throw out your use of the word mandatory. You can’t say that you believe vaccines should be mandatory and also that you support the idea that people should be able to decide for themselves, no matter how much you would hope that education would lead to mass vaccination and generally doing the right thing.

“Mandatory” specifcally means that whether or not you want it, you have to get it. There is no choice in anything “mandatory” and if there is then it is definitionally not mandatory. I understand your point, and I don’t even fully disagree as I would also love to live in a world where people actually do the right thing without being forced to.

[–] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I think they were protesting that it was mandatory, when it shouldn't of had to of been mandatory in the first place, if I understand you? If so then yeah.