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Yes, I realize. Not against vaccines in general. I only wanted to know the extent to which the government is going to enforce it as in whether they fine you, put you to jail or vaccinate you forcibly against your will. I heard that the latter is already happening in Australia and personally know a person who fled to the EU for this reason.

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> vaccinate you forcibly against your will. I heard that the latter is already happening in Australia

Wow, the misinformation is intense. I'm in Australia, there is no forced vaccination, but you do need to be fully vaccinated to go to restaurants, events etc.

Thank you. This is one of the reasons I like HN! How about essential activities, such as going to work, school, institutions, banking, public transport etc? Do you need the vaccine to go there as well?

In my state — Victoria — you need to be vaccinated for non-essential retail locations (department stores, hairdressers etc), and to work in most on-premises roles (hospitality, office work, construction, schools etc). Students 12+ are elegible but not currently required to be vaccinated when attending school, though there's a pretty standard list of vaccines which are usually required for students to attend school, and I suspect the covid vaccine will make its way onto that list at some point.

Essential retail locations (food, pharmacies, laundries etc), and other essential services (public transport, government offices, medical facilities, consular services, banks) etc. do not require proof of vaccination, though many of them do require masks.

On the whole though, vaccination isn't a huge issue here: we're just crossing 90% (age 12+) fully vaccinated now. There are some small protests about the vaccine requirements, but they're very much in the minority.

Other states in Australia are slightly different in the details, but taking broadly the same approach.

It's difficult to understand a "I've heard"-style of argument in the age of internet. Unless it comes from China or Russia where there's a different official understanding of "information highway".

Yes, whereas we only get the raw unadulterated truth from our media outlets and tech censors here in the West.

You'll pay a hefty fine if you don't get vaccinated (and that fine will eventually be enforced).

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