Mandatory vaccination in Ireland

NPHET are attempting to restore their reputatation after the unforeseen disaster of accidentally getting their case projections right.

NPHET have really become such a monster.

Their remit was to advise government on the Covid situation.

Not discuss this type of thing

Mandatory 3 monthly vaccinations??? Piss off

And that's from someone who is currently considered "vaccinated"

I doubt it will ever happen. I think they probably have to discuss it because other countries are looking at it. Probably just a kite.

Has any vaccine ever been mandatory before in Ireland ?

Singapore has the right idea. Unvaccinated Covid patients get billed for their hospital stay.

The bar for mandatory vaccine is high, but it's there. By stating that something can never be justified, you're basically saying that you would rather people die preventable deaths than violate a principle.

That's fine for you, if you would rather die than violate your principles than that's your call. A state cannot take the same approach.

Imagine a woman who has a baby which is disabled, despite being advised of the issue before birth and offered an abortion.

Should she be billed for the child's medical care?

Probably illegal in Ireland to do that but as you're at it I presume you think obese people should be charged for related hospital treatment as well as smokers?

Broke your leg playing football? Well you'll be billed for that too.

Is there likely to be a pandemic of that, which overloads the health service. Irrelevant.

All principles are absolute until they're tested.

I see no point in mandatory vaccination, the facts for and against have been shown, let people decide the risks. The fact it still spreads after being vaccinated should worry those unvaccinated more than anyone else.

About half the population don't have any form of health insurance.

And we're talking about lemme who need hospital treatment here. Thankfully we don't turn people away those who need such treatment despite the wishes of some on here.

I might be alone in thinking this but i dont think we should be calling these shots vaccinations.

They should be known as temporary pre-exposure preventative therapeutics or something like that.

Being called an anti-vaxer to me means that you are happy to take your chances with diseases that have successfully been all but eradicated by vaccine like Polio, measels etc etc.

If these shots were as successful at wiping out covid 19 as those vaccinations then I could accept the need for certain sections of society having to get them, but they clearly dont contain the spread while they clearly albeit temporarily reduce the effect of the virus.