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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    What does your six year old say about the decline in Covid Tracer app usage?
    He reckons if contract tracing is no longer carried out the tracer app is redundant so no surprise if usage has dropped off.

    I had to paraphrase that. When I asked him he just farted and laughed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    My six year old reckons your maths is shithouse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Not for the first time I considered something from this source to be completely divorced from reality. Just this morning though I read a likely explanation.

    "I'm not anti vaccine, I'm just anti mandate." Actually means, "I'm just anti being told what to do by a woman."
    You been reading Woman’s Weekly again? Mind you that’s the kind of woke identity nonsense the left thrives on....
    That statement fails alone on the female dominated industries most affected by mandates

    Midwives
    Nurses
    Retail
    Hospitality
    Takeaway food
    Checkout operators
    Alternative health providers
    Massage
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Just this morning though I read a likely explanation.

    "I'm not anti vaccine, I'm just anti mandate." Actually means, "I'm just anti being told what to do by a woman."
    Um how does that work in countries that don't have a female leader but still have anti-mandate protests and action?

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    If I ask my to do something and it even slightly sounds like I'm telling her to do it, she won't do it on principle. Even if it benefits her. Hot button.

    Some people are even more belligerent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit View Post
    Um how does that work in countries that don't have a female leader but still have anti-mandate protests and action?
    Probably similar to here. The majority of the "anti mandate" are not that at all. Most are misfits, misinformed, or mentally unwell. There is still room for misogynists.
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    Yeah sorry but you made a blanket statement - "I'm not anti vaccine, I'm just anti mandate." Actually means, "I'm just anti being told what to do by a woman.", which is obviously (even by your own admission) incorrect.

    For the record, I'm vaccinated, I understand the benefits of the vaccine, I don't support any of the conspiracies surrounding covid nor the vaccine itself, but I am anti-mandate. My reasoning is that I don't believe in giving governments (regardless of whether the leader has a vagina or penis) more power.

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    So where should the power be?

    With the biggest? Or the richest?

    Or should we all rely on humans to do the right thing for everyone in balance?

    Under 200 words please.
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    In this situation (covid-19) my opinion is the choice on whether to be vaccinated or not should lie with the individual. Get vaccinated and take adequate precautions and be protected the best you can or don't get vaccinated and take your chances.

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    The majority of humans voluntarily....
    Stop at Red lights
    Don’t speed ex Excessively
    Wear seat belts
    Don’t drink and drive.....

    I know there are “ mandates “ about those but you can choose not to obey without it affecting your personal freedom or employment opportunities for most people....

    We voluntarily go to the dentist at great expense because we know despite the physical and financial pain it effects a positive health outcome.

    As soon as we got near 90 mark we should have thrown away the whole passport scheme. The original goal was 80% for herd immunity and even that is far bigger uptake than other vaccines society uses. Who on earth thought it even relevant to keep a beauracrstic nonsense in place at post 90 levels given it was impractical for most places to effectively enforce it.
    All the govt had to do to get fast uptake would have been to say hey it’s free now but you might have to pay in future and if there’s hospital bed shortage you’ll get priority treatment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit View Post
    Yeah sorry but you made a blanket statement - "I'm not anti vaccine, I'm just anti mandate." Actually means, "I'm just anti being told what to do by a woman.", which is obviously (even by your own admission) incorrect.

    It doesn't apply to everybody but there would be many for whom that is exactly the case. There will be others who would not agree with anything she did because she's Labour.

    I still like the statement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    It doesn't apply to everybody but there would be many for whom that is exactly the case. There will be others who would not agree with anything she did because she's Labour.

    I still like the statement.
    Fair enough, and in which case you'd obviously support a statement like "I'm not anti vaccine, I'm just anti mandate." Actually means, "I'm just anti being told by the government what I should put in my body."? Sure it doesn't apply to everybody but there would be many for whom this is exactly the case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit View Post
    Fair enough, and in which case you'd obviously support a statement like "I'm not anti vaccine, I'm just anti mandate." Actually means, "I'm just anti being told by the government what I should put in my body."? Sure it doesn't apply to everybody but there would be many for whom this is exactly the case.
    Nobody (even you) likes being told what to do ... and even if it IS in your own best interest to do so ... it's the principal of that .. that's the sticking point.

    What a large number never took into account ... was the business communities (employment wise) taking the mandates on board (almost) without exception.


    The difference between having a good job ... and having an essential job was never given much consideration. Not by Joe/Joane Public anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    Nobody (even you) likes being told what to do ...
    I can't speak for you but I know from my own experiences in life that simply isn't true. Many people look to others or higher authorities for exactly that, to be told what to do, be it their partner, their parent(s),their boss, their god, their country's leader, whoever. By the way that's merely an observation, not a judgement either way.

    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    What a large number never took into account ... was the business communities (employment wise) taking the mandates on board (almost) without exception
    Many businesses were at a point of willing to do anything to start operating again.

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    I'm not anti seat belt but I think everyone one else should have the opportunity to help pay for my medical bills if I have an accident without one.

    I'm not anti helmet but. . .

    I'm not anti drive only on the left hand side of the road but. . .

    Am I my brother's keeper?

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