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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I'm anti-vax: I'm vaccinated, I strongly encourage people I know to get vaccinated, I am pro incentives (e.g., lotteries) for vaccination, I am pro the right of private businesses to fire unvaccinated employees... but I am against laws that mandate vaccination.
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ZUBY:
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary has changed their definition of 'anti-vaxxer' to include 'people who oppose laws that mandate vaccination'. Welcome to 1984. This is The Ministry of Truth.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@vituperativeerb
It's a grey area. I assume if I caught covid and went about my life as though I had a flu, that this would result in significantly fewer deaths than if I drunk drove once a day for the same duration. If this isn't the case then I think that might be enough to change my mind
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vituperativeerb
@vituperativeerb
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@Aella_Girl
Why is that a good assumption? Like other than vibes? But anyway, my point is that if I said “I value traffic safety but am working to repeal laws against drunk driving” it’s probably not particularly odd to describe me as being anti-traffic safety.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@vituperativeerb
I don't think so? Like... more deaths tend to happen with faster speeds. If you were working to lower the national speed limit by 20mph and I opposed you, would it be fair to describe me as being anti-traffic safety?
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Skeeterdude
@skeetsparidise
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@vituperativeerb
I was under the impression that covid was a flu. But then I allow thought a vaccine was made up of dead or weakened cells of what your body needed to develop antibodies for. Not a model of a protein that may or may not cause your body to fight it.