[koonsolo]

In Belgium, the polio vaccine is mandatory, and rightly so.

I'm willing to bet that in the next 20 years, some kid in the western world will suffer the consequences of polio, because of the anti-vax lunatics.

[cedws]

The polio vaccine is much older and as far as I could find has never had a death attributed to it. COVID vaccines are newer, and their safety profile was not fully understood when they were rolled out.

[koonsolo]

Therefore the COVID vaccines were also not mandatory.

[jasonvorhe]

Unless you wanted to keep your job in the medical field or education or had to do lots of travel.

[koonsolo]

If I remember correctly, it was a pandemic. So yes, everybody contributed, either by getting vaccinated or staying home, your choice.