This is worth your time.
Imagine you are a nurse who bravely cared for Covid patients for a year — before there was a vaccine. You got Covid. You recovered. You now have natural immunity.
Then the government says you have to get a vaccine in order to keep your job — despite very strong evidence that natural immunity is at least as good as the vaccine.
You might say, “so get the vaccine too, and you’ll be double protected.” (Like I am!)
But people have the right to make their own decisions. I think most of the reasons people are concerned about the vaccine are nonsense, but there may be situations where “hesitancy” (after talking to a doctor) is justified.
Sen. Paul is right to call the administration’s take on this arrogant and authoritarian.
“Shut up and do as you’re told, or we’ll ruin you.”
I want people to get one of the vaccines (with some possible exceptions). But I also want to live in a country where the government has more respect for people’s decisions, and seeks to persuade rather than cudgel.
Another way to put this: the virus is a real and serious threat, and most people should get with the program and get vaccinated. But an authoritarian government is a bigger threat than Covid.