Wonder what the actual vaxx uptake would be if the Govt wasn't forcing people to be vaccinated or get kicked out of society?? The risk of serious illness falls on the unvaccinated, far as I'm concerned that's their choice n their risk.
Company I work for has operated right through the pandemic with not a single case of the virus here in Vic just by following the simple n basic covid rules of distancing, sanitising n masks. Company has now been forced by Govt regulations to stand down three possibly four employees because they wouldn't get vaxxed. None would be considered in the high risk category, none have the virus, but the law says they can *smile* off regardless. Not just me, but i reckon the law is a wrong one.
If people weren't forced then you know the uptake would be much lower because of the selfish arguments that you have put up and the mis-information given out in social media. You see human nature is to be lazy, look after ourselves and not bother about the needs or rights of other people we live with on this planet. Let's not worry about whether we pass on a dangerous virus, not to worry about hospitals being overun, nurses and other medical staff getting exhausted working double and triple shifts, etc. etc. Because you see the attitude is...I'm right jack, my workplace doesn't have Covid, no one will get it or pass it on, I won't get it or pass it on to people who might just die or have long-term poor health because of the virus, nah....none of that will happen....you hope.
That's exactly why Gov'ts have to force people to get it, to protect all of us from serious illness and possibly death. Haven't you seen how the infection numbers have been reducing? How the hospitalization no's and ICU no's have been reducing in all states as the vaccination percentages increase? Everyone can see that vaccination is doing the job we were told it would do...reduce the chances of getting Covid (not totally), reduce the chances of passing it on, reduce the no's of hospitalisations and reduce the chances of dying with Covid (depending on other factors as well of course).
The Gov't has the right to force us to be vaccinated for the greater good of the whole community and we should pull our weight and SUPPORT THE TEAM EFFORT of getting vaccinated just as players support their team mates in a football team. If the coach wants you to go in harder but you don't feel like it because you're an individual and you should have the freedom to make that choice yourself, then how will that stance help the team to win? The decision not to get vaccinated does not just affect that person so it's not a personal freedom decision, it has potential ramifications for the health of the wider community. A person who comes to work drunk or drugged will be sent home because they are a danger to others as well as themselves. It is a condition of their employment that they come to work sober, likewise they should be vaccinated to protect themselves and others.
For anyone vaccine hesitant go to the TGA website and read the weekly reports about safety and why these vaccines are working.
