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Originally Posted by _Q_
I agree on the science of the vaccine.
As you've said. I listen to my doctor, not Facebook. My family doctor has always been fairly "meh" on the flu shot. "Get it if you like. Understand that it protects you against only 4 out of 1000s of strains. These are probably the most common strains this year, but who knows. You're healthy enough so it's up to you."
I do believe in the science and I listen to my doctor. That's why I have gotten the flu shot maybe 5 times in my life. Not because I think it's going to kill me or have any long term effects, but because I just don't care to get it.
Once I had a child, my doctor's tune changed. "I strongly recommend you get the flu shot, to protect your new born". So I got it.
Once we start allowing private businesses to mandate medical decisions, then that in my mind becomes problematic. As uncomfortable as it may be, your medical decisions should be made between you and your doctor, without interference from private enterprise, or the public at large.
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And that's part of the problem in this province, specially. Businesses don't want to be the ones forced to do this. They are begging the province to do it. But the business isn't "mandating medical decisions." People are free to make their own choices, and businesses are free to exclude them. If you chose to never wear a shirt again, a business could refuse to server you. But the decision is ultimately yours. You have no right to enter a business. You are granted access.
Now, there are protected classes, but the right to stay unvacinated isn't protected, nor should it be. Protected classes are not typically what someone chooses, it is what they are. So you remain free to make your choice, even if it is detrimental to society. Just don't expect equal access.