"voluntary" vaccination
Interestingly, the same people who loudly proclaim: "My body, my choice," are the first ones to insist that everybody must be vaccinated against covid-19, multiple times. Many, maybe even most, people are smart enough to realize that mandatory vaccination is a bad idea at best, particularly since the vaccine has skipped over most of the usual required testing. Worse, the virus has never been isolated, meaning that it is by definition impossible to determine if it actually works. Adding insult to injury, vaccination does nothing to the eliminate the "need" for the current array of mandated plague prevention measures.
Recognizing that the groundswell of public opinion is going against them, governments are backing away from their originally stated plans to make vaccination mandatory. However, as it turns out, they have a more effective weapon up their sleeve. Businesses are starting to plan for a: "no shot, no service" policy. Quantas Airlines has already announced that, as soon as it is available, they will require covid vaccination before flight. Other airlines are rapidly following suit. The WHO is looking at possible 'E-vaccination Certificates for travel. Ticketmaster is contemplating requiring vaccination for event tickets.
It's easy to see where they're going with this. Governments are working overtime to crank up the fear, apparently aiming for the point where most people will not be willing to sit next to, or even be in the same room with, someone who has not been vaccinated. Businesses will effectively be forced by their customers to exclude the unvaccinated. Who needs laws when you can simply whip up enough hysteria to get everyone to shun the vax deniers?
The right thing for the government to do would be to make it illegal to condition service on vaccination. I'm not holding my breath. You can sign up here to let your voice be heard.
