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Originally Posted by Torqueofthedevil
A couple of facts:
1. At the point when the NHS is about to be overwhelmed, the country will go back into lockdown, as has happened before. We're not there yet, but it's perfectly conceivable that we will be in a few more weeks or months.
2. The vast majority of Covid patients are unvaccinated.
3. Those who are complaining now about being strong-armed into getting a jab will also be the first to complain about any further restrictions on day-to-day life, whether lockdown or anything else.
Luckily my family is relatively well-placed to endure another lockdown (much as I really hope there isn't one), but for many even the prospect of another one is really worrying, and the reality would be devastating. So it's hardly surprising that those people have little patience with the unvaccinated-and-so-far-uninfected, who are already piling a lot of totally avoidable pressure on the NHS, and who may yet be the catalyst for another lockdown.
But the exclusion and perceived ostracism are voluntary! The jab comes with no financial cost, minimal time cost and (for the vast majority of people) minimal discomfort.
No one is forcing you or anyone else to have a medical procedure, nor is this even being discussed! But if the current direction this country is taking seems too authoritarian for your liking, look at what is happening among our closest allies. Australia has stopped paying child benefit to unvaccinated parents;
meanwhile some of Canada's provinces have barred unvaccinated children from attending school. I'm not saying that I necessarily agree with either policy, merely offering a comparison.
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We once again get back into hype, the NHS has basically had an easy ride for 18 months, there you are, I've said it. The Doctors Surgeries have been much the same. Let's just step back and take a broad look at the NHS for the last 18 months, Covid wards...No visitors allowed to see loved ones on any wards because of Covid...departments not seeing patients because of Covid...Many treatments and surgeries postponed...People dying because of a lack of care...(my brother was one of them) ..but the question is a simple one..Why couldn't a Hospital function as normal? I could be in 5 supermarkets at the height of the virus, I took precautions and caught nothing. I had to be given the virus by the person I'm living with, I didn't get it from being careful myself. I have to say that your sheep like belief in the so called truth is worrying, I'm glad I won't need to rely on you in any situation where rational thinking is needed, you've been brainwashed by the hype and dare I say it, fake news.