When do vaccine incentives become coercive?
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Society on mass is generally promoting the concept of vaccination. Good on companies like Uber and such supporting a widely accepted social agreement (though their motive may or may not be over all non-business motivated).
"CLAIM: Video shows parents in Toronto being blocked by police as children were given the COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for ice cream, without parental permission.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False."
The facts in that very article confirm that ice cream was employed as an incentive, that no parental consent is required for vaccination regardless of age in that jurisdiction [0] and that children were indeed eligible (and I'm sure the video confirms, present) for the vaccination [1].
[0] "Under Ontario’s Health Care Consent Act, there is no minimum age to provide consent for vaccination"
[1] "health officials approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for ages 12-15"
What it shows is a anti-vax protestors being blocked by police.
Its true that it confirms the “...as children were given the COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for ice cream without parental permission.”
But without the first part (and the implication that comes with them together that it was not merely without parental consent but contrary to the expressed wishes of parents who were being forcibly kept from removing their children), the second part is...a lot less significant.
I think vaccines become coercive when you can no longer say no. There will probably be many restrictions, from flying, to school and employment, but the moment someone who just wants to bury their head in the sand and never go anywhere, to say no, that’s why it’s crossed a line.
I am however uncomfortable with the idea that the state can compell an individual with incentives or the implied threat of travel curtailment to accept any medication.
Especially when those of us who do not want to get Covid-19 can get the vaccine and leave the others to their choice.
While the "slippery slope" is a logical fallacy, it's also an observation that often rings true.