[steve_coral]

Yeah I mean the flu we experience yearly is “descended” from the Spanish Flu but we don’t require flu passports to get a coffee. Eventually (I hope) the madness will subside. Forcing people to get vaccines will only result in contrarian noncompliance due to the peculiarities of the American psyche. We are much better off in the long run investing in universal health care and increasing access but that’s a non-starter in our political climate

[perl4ever]

I am prepared to submit to authority, even on life and death matters, as long as there is a self-consistent message that I can in principle believe.

I'm struggling with the internal contradictions of saying we have a life and death situation where every non-essential office worker must wear a mask at their desk but we can't go back to full time telecommuting.

If our dear leader feels there are essential workers needed, I am willing to serve and wear a mask. If she feels that we need to be in the office, and the risk is not that great, I'm willing to do that. If she feels that the risk is high and rising and we should be telecommuting, then I'm ok with that.

But don't tell us that we're non-essential and we have to be in the office and we have to wear masks when alone at our desks.

Logic dictates a maximum of two out of three.

[petre]

> Forcing people to get vaccines will only result in contrarian noncompliance due to the peculiarities of the American psyche

In my country most non compliance is due to lack of confidence in authorities and passive aggresive behaviour. People would rather believe all sorts of mumbo jumbo than get vaccinated.

Anyway, I feel like vaccine mandates and the green pass only further divides society and after we get rid of the pandemic we'll be stuck with a fascism epidemic.

I'm triple vaccinated and somehow managed to avoid getting infected so far.