tedsbeds
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This is a long post, but I just needed to vent.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE...
VACCINATED THAT IS!
So I have watched this great debate go on about vaccination, forced vaccination, fascism, freedom, communism, independence, freedom. Some once said that freedom is not free. Probably, but that is not the point. The salient points are the world is plagued by a new disease. How or where it came from is not the point. It’s here, live with it...or die with it. Your choice. Not mine.
But when you put other people at risk, that is the point.
Most, if not all modern societies, choose to make decisions to insure the health and well being of their population, excluding Florida and Texas. This is nothing new. Its called public health. If unfamiliar to you call your local town or city hall. One of the ways governments takes care of the population is to make sure there are no rampant diseases.
Seen any rampant diseases lately?
But I digress. An essential tool for the management of diseases are vaccines. This is nothing new. George Washington, father of our country, commander and chief, in February of 1777 ordered his troops innoculted against small pox.
Coming back to 2021, the civilized world has all but completely eliminated 14 diseases, small pox, polio, measles, mumps rubella and more. Look them up if you don’t remember them all... or have never heard of them.
This is serious shit! I remember my parent’s concerns, the myths of how polio was caught, the iron lung wards.
And then Jonas Salk came out with his vaccine and like a miracle, kids everywhere got vaccinated and polio went away, at least in this country. But you know it’s still around elsewhere. Israel monitors it waste water for occurrences of polio.
“But what about my freedom of choice?”
What about the cost of your freedom of choice?
That brings us back to the yelling “fire” in a crowded theater question and freedom of speech.
Why is this not a legitimate exercise of freedom of speech?
Because you action will result in the possible harm or death to those who are present.
It’s your choice to not take the vaccine and hope you don’t die from it. 10 times more likely to catch the virus.
But you do not by your actions have the right to put other people at risk. This is especially true for health care providers who are in close personal contact every day, often with those whose health is already compromised.
As a nurse, I am morally offended by medical personal who refuse. Those who may have no direct contact, who work squirreled away in a cubicle may have a case, but no other.
But it’s the principle of it, right?
So, here’s a thought. How many health care agencies do you think are going to require vaccination verification? How many do you think will offer exemption?
So here is my guess, based on the level of federal government regulation and purse string restrictions tied to those vaccines.
Requiring vaccines 99.99%
Offering exemptions less than 1%.
Those are just my guessestimates.
So as to sticking a needle into me with unknown stuff, WTF do you think they use in a tattoo?
And what about the kids, your kids, my kids?
“A 4-year-old child from Riverside County died after contracting COVID-19, becoming the county’s youngest virus-related death since the start of the pandemic, public health officials announced Friday.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/...ungest-to-die-of-covid-19-in-riverside-county.
“TO BE OR NOT TO BE VACCINATED and die from it, or your parents, your kids, your clients.
YOUR CHOICE!
TO BE OR NOT TO BE...
VACCINATED THAT IS!
So I have watched this great debate go on about vaccination, forced vaccination, fascism, freedom, communism, independence, freedom. Some once said that freedom is not free. Probably, but that is not the point. The salient points are the world is plagued by a new disease. How or where it came from is not the point. It’s here, live with it...or die with it. Your choice. Not mine.
But when you put other people at risk, that is the point.
Most, if not all modern societies, choose to make decisions to insure the health and well being of their population, excluding Florida and Texas. This is nothing new. Its called public health. If unfamiliar to you call your local town or city hall. One of the ways governments takes care of the population is to make sure there are no rampant diseases.
Seen any rampant diseases lately?
But I digress. An essential tool for the management of diseases are vaccines. This is nothing new. George Washington, father of our country, commander and chief, in February of 1777 ordered his troops innoculted against small pox.
Coming back to 2021, the civilized world has all but completely eliminated 14 diseases, small pox, polio, measles, mumps rubella and more. Look them up if you don’t remember them all... or have never heard of them.
This is serious shit! I remember my parent’s concerns, the myths of how polio was caught, the iron lung wards.
And then Jonas Salk came out with his vaccine and like a miracle, kids everywhere got vaccinated and polio went away, at least in this country. But you know it’s still around elsewhere. Israel monitors it waste water for occurrences of polio.
“But what about my freedom of choice?”
What about the cost of your freedom of choice?
That brings us back to the yelling “fire” in a crowded theater question and freedom of speech.
Why is this not a legitimate exercise of freedom of speech?
Because you action will result in the possible harm or death to those who are present.
It’s your choice to not take the vaccine and hope you don’t die from it. 10 times more likely to catch the virus.
But you do not by your actions have the right to put other people at risk. This is especially true for health care providers who are in close personal contact every day, often with those whose health is already compromised.
As a nurse, I am morally offended by medical personal who refuse. Those who may have no direct contact, who work squirreled away in a cubicle may have a case, but no other.
But it’s the principle of it, right?
So, here’s a thought. How many health care agencies do you think are going to require vaccination verification? How many do you think will offer exemption?
So here is my guess, based on the level of federal government regulation and purse string restrictions tied to those vaccines.
Requiring vaccines 99.99%
Offering exemptions less than 1%.
Those are just my guessestimates.
So as to sticking a needle into me with unknown stuff, WTF do you think they use in a tattoo?
And what about the kids, your kids, my kids?
“A 4-year-old child from Riverside County died after contracting COVID-19, becoming the county’s youngest virus-related death since the start of the pandemic, public health officials announced Friday.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/...ungest-to-die-of-covid-19-in-riverside-county.
“TO BE OR NOT TO BE VACCINATED and die from it, or your parents, your kids, your clients.
YOUR CHOICE!
