My dad is 89. He had a good professional career before his retirement.
He has been working high school kid jobs in his retirement. But in March 2020 he took a leave of absence. He said he would die if he didn't work theretofore. He wants to return to sacking groceries at Safeway, but working at Safeway isn't safe, right now. It would be if we all were vaccinated, and wore masks. Right now, Safeway is not safe to work in if you are elderly. Please have compassion. We should be rowing the boat together, but we are not. Our country is losing its way.
Lack of common sense amongst the unvaccinated 40% hurts business, and the national economy.
That is so great and impressive that your dad is still more than willing and able to work at the age of 89.
I am staunchly pro vaccination. Not only did I get vaccinated as soon as I was able to, and I will get the Moderno booster as soon as that is available, but I also strongly and vehemently encourage everyone in my sphere of influence to be vaccinated.
Having said all that I find your take hard to understand. If you believe in the vaccination, then why do you also believe that working there is only safe if everybody is vaccinated and wearing a mask?
In effect, what it really says is that you don’t believe the vaccination is truly effective unless 100% of the population has it, and is wearing a mask. And that of course is factually proven wrong by the data.
for those who are unvaccinated for whatever the reason, they look at your take and it only convinces them that the vaccination is not effective. They see people who are vaccinated not wanting to be around those that are not and think to themselves “what’s the point“.
As far as the economic impact you mentioned, you could make a case that vaccine mandates are just as bad if not worse for the economy. Places that require vaccination get less business and some go out of business. Corporations that fire people or have people resign because they are not vaccinated are often brought to their knees. You need to look no further than the airlines, hospitals, and first responder units to see this.
The main reason I got vaccinated was to protect myself and to protect others but now we’ve learned that transmission still occurs with the vaccination. So now the obvious reason I’m vaccinated is more to protect myself. I don’t think I have the right to force someone who does not want to be vaccinated to get one.
all we can do is strongly, strongly encourage it but I will not let the unvaccinated deter me from living my life because I am vaccinated.
