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<blockquote data-quote="gone" data-source="post: 256150" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>I beg to differ. While I see your point (the potential slippery slope of penalizing non-vaxxers leading to penalizing smokers) I can't see penalizing smokers by depriving them of healthcare or surcharging them: </p><p></p><p>-smoking is too entrenched in our society</p><p>-governments are pursuing other methods to deal with smoking such as lawsuits against the manufacturers and increasing taxes on cigarettes and other forms of tobacco</p><p>-we have a universal health-care system which is similarly entrenched in our Canadian society so it's very unlikely people will be deprived of access to same, including smokers and even the anti-vaxxers. </p><p></p><p>However, I suspect we may eventually mandate vaccinations for "the common good" solely because COVID and especially its Delta variant, is so easily transmitted. So I don't see that COVID characteristic as a "red herring" since COVID is easily spread and can have deadly consequences which are far more "here and now" compared to things like smoking which is known to cause health issues but doesn't have the potential for "imminent death" like COVID...plus the ability of COVID to mutate into something potentially more resistant to any vaccine, is of concern and justifies eradicating it like any other past serious diseases like smallpox: smallpox having been eliminated in the late '70's due to <strong><u>worldwide vaccinations</u></strong>. Those same COVID characteristics will likely also lead Canada to follow other countries and issue "vaccine passports" requiring vaccinations for travel and other activities and that may be the most effective method of encouraging vaccinations (before mandating same) amongst people who want to join mainstream society and all its activities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone, post: 256150, member: 5899"] I beg to differ. While I see your point (the potential slippery slope of penalizing non-vaxxers leading to penalizing smokers) I can't see penalizing smokers by depriving them of healthcare or surcharging them: -smoking is too entrenched in our society -governments are pursuing other methods to deal with smoking such as lawsuits against the manufacturers and increasing taxes on cigarettes and other forms of tobacco -we have a universal health-care system which is similarly entrenched in our Canadian society so it's very unlikely people will be deprived of access to same, including smokers and even the anti-vaxxers. However, I suspect we may eventually mandate vaccinations for "the common good" solely because COVID and especially its Delta variant, is so easily transmitted. So I don't see that COVID characteristic as a "red herring" since COVID is easily spread and can have deadly consequences which are far more "here and now" compared to things like smoking which is known to cause health issues but doesn't have the potential for "imminent death" like COVID...plus the ability of COVID to mutate into something potentially more resistant to any vaccine, is of concern and justifies eradicating it like any other past serious diseases like smallpox: smallpox having been eliminated in the late '70's due to [B][U]worldwide vaccinations[/U][/B]. Those same COVID characteristics will likely also lead Canada to follow other countries and issue "vaccine passports" requiring vaccinations for travel and other activities and that may be the most effective method of encouraging vaccinations (before mandating same) amongst people who want to join mainstream society and all its activities. [/QUOTE]
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