• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    They should be free to struggle and suffer to their hearts desire

    That doesn’t really make sense if they live in the same communities. If there’s universal healthcare but it’s opt-in, there will be people who opt out. Those same people will catch viruses and other diseases, not be able to go to the doctor, then show up on the same subways and airplanes as the people who take care of themselves. This means the uninsured become disease vectors.

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      That’s why you as a society isolate and exclude them. Peer pressure is a powerful thing. More powerful in a general sense than the law often times.

      Not gonna vaccinate your child? Then they are going to be put in special classes with other unvaccinated. They’ll love that. Going to a restaurant, vaccinated or unvaccinated seating? Oh, what, you don’t want to sit out on the patio in the snow? Then just show us proof of vaccination. Subway? Back to the unvaccinated car. Etc. At the doctors office? Oh yes, the unvaccinated waiting room is outside. They’ll learn.

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        Then they are going to be put in special classes with other unvaccinated

        In the same school? That’s not going to achieve much.

        Going to a restaurant, vaccinated or unvaccinated seating?

        Will that work as well as a “smoking section” and a “non-smoking section” in a restaurant? We tried that, it didn’t work.