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Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding
I agree with you to a point. But I would argue that what some call "rights" are not rights at all. That exercising these "rights" is little more than licentious, anti social behavior. Smoking in enclosed spaces, firearms possession/carrying wherever a person wants, enrolling one's unvaccinated kids in public schools - some people claim these as "rights" but that's nonsense.
Doing whatever you want or not doing what you don't want, in a vacuum has no impact on anyone else. That's not where we live. People have a curious habit of converting their preferences into rights and then demanding that they be met. Are there "certain unalienable rights?" What those are is a matter of conjecture. Sure, patrons of businesses have a right to be able to patronize that establishment without being required to risk their lives doing so. If business owners decline to do that, patrons can and will vote with their feet. Business owners have a right to demand that their patrons engage in certain practices (such as mask wearing and vaccination confirmation) and refrain from engaging in others (inappropriate attire, carrying weapons into the facility).
Business owners also have the right to set conditions for employment that employees must meet. One of those could and should be vaccination against covid. That is certainly what I would do. You can choose not to vax if you wish, but you can look for a job elsewhere.
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yep. and as i told one of my coworkers who reminded me he has the right to not get the vaccine as we were driving down the highway and i was attempting to convince him to go with me to the newly opened drive through vaccine location:
"as the driver of this van, i have the
right to drive into oncoming traffic."