I think deaths amongst unvaccinated would skyrocket and then they would isolate themselves or get the shot.
The difficulty is having people dying in the street while beds are sitting vacant to keep them open in case of vaccinated ICU needs. This is non-tenable and would create outrage. Only really workable in a place like the USA for the uninsured.
Also there there would not be the appetite to see huge death stats compared to other countries.
Would you fight for your country in a war if conscripted?
I always think about this. If you were born at the wrong time, your government was essentially sending you off to die against your will at the age of 18. It's pure luck that this is not the case.
Compared to the 1 in a million risk of dying from a vaccine, I couldn't imagine what my ancestors would think of me.
Although funnily enough, many in the military and police are antivax. I really can't get my head around this one.
As a German resident, I know anti-vaxers. They use fake paper certificates and they are accepted everywhere no problem. Unless it becomes mandatory to ONLY scan QR codes, they will not be stopped (I assume QR codes cannot be faked atm).
There are also lots of people checking who don't care and don't check properly. As 2/3 are unvaxxed, I imagine there are a lot of people who are anti-vax that check. I have been waived through without a thorough check most times.
On one side, I'm angry at them for being dumb. But on the other side, I respect their freedom of what to do with their body. Many of them resist because they don't like the government telling them what they must do to their body, or they come from countries where they don't trust their government. There are so many occasions in life where you don't want to do something, even though it may be for the best, because you don't like the person or group of people telling you what to do. Like when someone tells an angry person to "just calm down".
I think it's fair to place restrictions on them as long as the ICU beds are at an unacceptable level of capacity. But we should face the reality that unvaccinated people will always be among us.
> it's in everyone's best interest to get vaccinated.
Except the few who die from it. About ~20 per million will die after having the vaccine (although there are not exact numbers on whether vaccine was the cause). There are lots of well-documented cases.
I think deaths amongst unvaccinated would skyrocket and then they would isolate themselves or get the shot.
The difficulty is having people dying in the street while beds are sitting vacant to keep them open in case of vaccinated ICU needs. This is non-tenable and would create outrage. Only really workable in a place like the USA for the uninsured.
Also there there would not be the appetite to see huge death stats compared to other countries.