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Nobody is forcing you to get it.

Fine, coerced vax. That does NOT make it okay.
And we are getting there. There are proposed regulations that won't allow you into any business without proof of vaccination. When you have to get it to go into a grocery store, you know that place you need to go to obtain sustenance, I would still say it's forced.

Okay maybe so but if they didnt REQUIRE it, would you get it? Why or why not?

Actually, i got it back in March. That was MY CHOICE, and that's what's important, preserving people's CHOICE. Back then, i did not believe we would get to this point. I considered all the government overreach of the time to be unnecessary, but still temporary. I thought that if i took it, and did "my part" to help statistics along, the panic would subside and we could return to normal. I was clearly wrong. Our "leaders" have tasted power and they will not let it go. Had I known, I might have abstained to make a political point.
I highly recommend reading 1984 (which i recently got around to reading). I had always assumed that those who abuse have some sort of endgame. But it points out (among the many other points it makes) that power is in and of itself an end. Sometimes people are subjugated not as part of a means to an end, but as a means of demonstrating and reaffirming power.
While we certainly aren't living in that society, yet, many of the parallels are frightening. I often cant help wondering if the momentum in that direction is too late/strong to be stopped.

So basically what yoyre saying is that people should be able to choose whether or not they want a vaccine/mask and employers shouldnt require it to return to work? Okay I see where you're coming from. I think that people should be able to choose if they want to get vaccinated but at the same time if they are working for a big company or an office they should get vaccinated as a requirement just for the safety of others. Kind of like how every kid going into 7th grade is required to have tdap booster shot. Its just a matter of keeping people safe when they are in a large community of people. But i do see where you're coming from.

Well said.

Except employers, hospitals, restaurants, gyms . . .

They have the right to protect their businesses.

Except, it's not the businesses making the decisions. It's the government mandating it. If the government was merely clarifying that businesses COULD ask to see your vax card, it would be less oppressive. I'm sure some people would still object, but at least citizens who consider it a violation of medical privacy could opt to shop at other businesses instead. I am vaccinated, but, for the principal alone, I would prefer to frequent establishments that didn't demand medical records.

It's a basic college course lesson: Philosophy 101 &/or History 101.

That's not a blanket truth.

I got my vaccine back in March and I am very troubled by the current attacks on medical privacy and autonomy.