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by TheCoelacanth 1718 days ago
Everyone shouldn't be required to meet the highest standard of protection. Everyone should be required to meet the highest standard of protection that can be achieved with neglible risks.

COVID infection has significant risks that rule it out as a medical intervention, even it is sometimes beneficial. Vaccination is virtually risk-free.
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rwcarlsen 1718 days ago
But what about people that have already engaged and benefited from that risk? For many of those people, the vaccine risk is not so negligible compared to the additional benefit they gain from any (much smaller) immune boost they might get. Also, how is policy making "following _the_ science" if it doesn't even acknowledge the superiority of natural immunity. The least they could do is own their disregard and say - we're ignoring some science for [reasons] instead of simply demonizing a large fraction of the population as bigoted selfish backward uneducated scum - which is my interpretation of POTUS declaring war on 20% of Americans - a so called "pandemic of the unvaccinated" in his own words (or whoever wrote the speech).
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TheCoelacanth 1718 days ago
Vaccination has minimal risk and substantially increases immunity even for people who have been infected.

It is following the science to make them get vaccinated.

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tastyfreeze 1717 days ago
Mandating vaccination and ignoring naturally acquired immunity is selectively following the science. It is deceitful and reckless to ignore natural immunity and demonize the unvaccinated.
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TheCoelacanth 1717 days ago
They aren't ignoring naturally acquired immunity. Vaccination strengthens immunity even for people who have been previously infected.
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tastyfreeze 1717 days ago
Yes, they are ignoring naturally acquired immunity. Having acquired natural immunity does not exempt an individual from the requirement to vaccinate.

So, in what way are they not ignoring naturally acquired immunity?

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TheCoelacanth 1717 days ago
The vaccine increases immunity even for people who have already been infected.

If everyone gets vaccinated, spread will be lower than if only people who have not already been infected get vaccinated.

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