Activists of YA discussion

What is your opinion on if vaccination should be made mandatory?

No. If people would prefer to not have a vaccine that would help them fight off covid, then that's their decision.

Yes. Bruh, better safe than sorry. I don't think innocent people should die just because they're stubborn...

Yes, if the person refusing to get it is the only one to die, let them die. However not getting a vaccine kills others around you, they have the right not to die, and that trumps your right over your body.

Ken (Confused) wrote: "Yes, if the person refusing to get it is the only one to die, let them die. However not getting a vaccine kills others around you, they have the right not to die, and that trumps your right over yo..."

Oh, yeah. Other peeps die too...

I think that's...not smart, but it's your opinion.

I got the vaccination, both shots now... Pfizer.. my family somehow got us all signed up... I don't know the answer to this but does being vaccinated stop a person from being a carrier of covid? so, could it still be passed on?

Jesse Ruth wrote: "I got the vaccination, both shots now... Pfizer.. my family somehow got us all signed up... I don't know the answer to this but does being vaccinated stop a person from being a carrier of covid? so..."

It makes the risk close to zero

You can still be a carrier if you get the vaccine, it's not 100% effective

I feel like everyone shd get a vaccination as if there is a way to reduce the cases and deaths why not take it. even after vaccination we shd still follow the covid guidelines as we can be carriers and it is not entirely effective

I think getting the vaccines and wearing continuing to wear masks is the right thing to do... even if it's not a cure all ...

honestly idk about it being mandatory, i just wish everyone wanted to get it fkjhkajh. honestly though, i do err on the side of mandatory vaccines for covid, but only once the side effects are tested & proven to not be dangerous or long lasting (in most cases), because i do think that some people might have pre-existing medical conditions and other concerns about that that are valid.

yeah, i'm on ari's side. i don't think making vaccines mandatory will help. that would only open up more debates. rather one should focus on education and actually informing themselves and others so that everyone or rather those whose medical condition allows it in a safe way will want to get the vaccine voluntarily.

I don't know if the Covid vaccine should be made mandatory, but I can say about the others. The vaccinations given to children (chickenpox, typhoid, tuberculosis, etc.). All these vaccines should definitely be made compulsory and free. In my country, many people don't get their children vaccinated because they are neglectful of this fact. Especially girls from poor families are left out. This leads to them suffering from these diseases and dying at an early age.

PARTY POISON wrote: "Jesse Ruth wrote: "I got the vaccination, both shots now... Pfizer.. my family somehow got us all signed up... I don't know the answer to this but does being vaccinated stop a person from being a c..."

So it's their choice to be intentional getting old people sick and killing them? It's straight up homocide

PARTY POISON wrote: "Ken (Confused) wrote: "PARTY POISON wrote: "Jesse Ruth wrote: "I got the vaccination, both shots now... Pfizer.. my family somehow got us all signed up... I don't know the answer to this but does b..."

The person who does not get it is the now the one spreading it and infecting people due to their negligence.

Yes, people with it can spread, however they do so at a much much much lower rate, its primarily going to be the fools killing other fools, however they die nonetheless.

ari wrote: "honestly idk about it being mandatory, i just wish everyone wanted to get it fkjhkajh. honestly though, i do err on the side of mandatory vaccines for covid, but only once the side effects are test..."

I completely agree with this.

Ayla wrote: "ari wrote: "honestly idk about it being mandatory, i just wish everyone wanted to get it fkjhkajh. honestly though, i do err on the side of mandatory vaccines for covid, but only once the side effe..."

Me too

No. Some people may be allergic or something, idk. Sometimes some are too young to take the vaccine, and others have already taken the dose and feel peculiar. So it's totally fine if you think you don't wanna do it, or if you feel like you can go on like this on your own.

Brooke: You nailed saying that!

No. I don't feel that the vaccine should be mandatory. It's the persons choice to whether or not get the vaccine. If everybody around them gets the vaccine, then the person who chose not to get the vaccine will be "safe".
For the most part, I feel like the mask thing, is protecting the people around you instead of yourself.
If you choose not to wear a mask then you could get the virus but you may not. In recent months, its shown in a few tests that even people who wear a mask, use gloves, and use hand sanitizer, are just as likely to get the virus as somebody who does not wear a mask.
With all the extra cleaning people have been doing, they are taking away all their "healthy" germs. Healthy germs are not completely good for you but they help fight off different sicknesses and illnesses.
Anyways, I'm getting totally off topic. I feel like its the persons choose on whether or not they want to inject something unknown into their body. Personally, I won't get it. It was rushed and it could be unsafe for certain people.

Yeah, I agree! Some of the vaccines have serious side effects so I can understand why people are skeptical. People deserve to have a choice of what they put in their body.

you should definately take the steps to protect yourself and others around you from harm, whether it be physical harm or an illness, but it's your life. if you wanna die because you can't take a shot, then mkay

I think that for the first few years of the vaccine being released it should not be mandatory. However, after that, I think it should be mandatory or more required in general. As Mango said, there can be side effects and people might be nervous at first. I think that at some point people will be vaccinated enough that the few who don't want to get vaccinated won't really be affecting the entire population.

I think yes it will stop the spread but I would agree if vaccination is 100% safe because these vaccines have 18% chance of getting some diseases back!

Like faizar and sinopharm are available in the uae

Yes, because otherwise we can't reach herd imunity.

i think people shouldn't have to get the vaccine if they stay in their houses and wear masks and distance whenever they go out... but i feel like after a certain point, a vaccine should be required in order to do things like going on a plane because the vaccine isn't just about you. it's about protecting the people around you (especially if you are young and not immunocompromised).

I think that it should not be mandatory. However, if someone is not vaccinated they should not be allowed to go out and do certain activities that vaccinated people can. At this current point in the vaccination process, I think that these restrictions don't need to be in place.

When the vaccine is available to everybody then I think that the rules should be put in place such as:
-if you are not vaccinated you have to wear a mask when you are not socially distanced from people
-you are not permitted to go to big events/places with lots of people such as amusement parks, big parties, etc. if you are not vaccinated.

I think that with rules like these in place people will have more incentive to get the vaccine.

No. I am writing an essay on this for school.

I think it should be encouraged a lot. But some people think that it’s a way of controlling them or something, so if it was made mandatory it would just increase their feeling of being controlled. Which wouldn’t help ease people’s worries about it.

I think if vaccines were mandatory, it would cause more problems that we don't need in a time like this. I personally can't wait to get vaccinated so I feel safer, but that may not be the case for others

Anna wrote: "I think it should be encouraged a lot. But some people think that it’s a way of controlling them or something, so if it was made mandatory it would just increase their feeling of being controlled. ..."
@Anna~ me too

No, it should not be mandatory. There are some people who don't trust the vaccine and that's fair enough. You wouldn't want people to feel controlled, that would just make them even more distrustful.

No, but with that said, I’m a big believer in vaccines. They go through trials and must work for something, right? The people who make them are brilliant and have created them with all their expertise. I believe they wouldn’t send them off to the world if they weren’t certain vaccines were safe and worth it.

No, it shouldn't. Yes, we should protect both ourselves and others from COVID-19, but denying people their right to refuse something they don't want is wrong. And we have to consider that non vaccinators might be hesitant to take the vaccine when they hear news about things like severe vaccine side effects.

I have gotten both shots of pfizers and it has been months now. There isnt any long term side effects and my whole entire family has gotten it as well. I know a lot of people are argueing that they dont want to take the vaccine because its foreign and what if you die? Well heads up, if you die its only you. If you get the corona you are just spreading it to other people who will all have a chance of dying or having series side effects. I believe people should stop being selfish and get the vaccine. People not being vaccinated is the reason the covid 19 death tolls are up. Science proves that the vccine works and there are minimal side effects. Which are only just muscle pain. If everyone was vaccinated I wouldnt have to worry about my autistic three year old nephew going to school. I do not want to send him to school because people re dumb enough to not get the vaccine but sadly I have to so that he gets the right treatment. Anyways this is my opinion please do not be offended. Just keep an open mind you guys!

In India, I've seen 100k+ people being affected everyday. It's better now but still at least 30k+ cases are being reported.

Entire family got wiped out.. Worse, just 1 person in a family survived with no-one to hold them. India was burning. It was like there's no end to it.

If the vaccine isn't harming anyone then I don't understand your reasoning behind not being vaccinated

If getting a vaccine can reduce the no. Of cases, can save lives then why be do stubborn?
Many political leaders here were opposing vaccine because of political feuds. Honestly!
And their of so loyal followers agreed with them.

Give me one reason to refuse the vaccine other than your stubbornness.
I'm not a huge patriot but my heart, my soul burnt seeing the condition.
I was in hostel and many girls broke down real bad. It's traumatizing.
I don't want my people dying...

Half my family is in medical field. I'm not letting my 8 year old little brother go to school because of it and heaven forbid if anything happens to him I'll die. Quite literally maybe.

It's scary. More scary than 'I don't trust the vaccine made by world's best scientists' scary.

No, I have both of my shots, but people should have a choice about what their putting in to their body. I would encourage people to get it, of course! Be people need to be comfortable on their own term before they get something ejected into their arm that they really, know nothing about. People can choose who they trust, and if they don't study the scientists behind the covid-vaccine, so be it. It's for their own good, and if you don't want to get your vaccine the only person it's really hurting is you (Well, I mean you can still be a carrier of covid but). All I have to say is that is your body and your rights, and it should be your choice whether or not to get it. So no, I don't think the vaccine should be mandatory.

Stay safe & wear your mask!
~Mackenzie<3

Anshika wrote: "Give me one reason to refuse the vaccine other than your stubbornness.
I'm not a huge patriot but my heart, my soul burnt seeing the condition.
I was in hostel and many girls broke down real bad. I..."

I'm against people who decide not to take the vaccine just because they don't want to. But I'm not against people who decide not to because they're scared to take it. For all we know, they might've had a loved one take the vaccine and get a severe side effect, or take the vaccine and still get Covid, or some other reason like that that would make them hesitate.

We should take the vaccine to protect ourselves and others, even if other people around us choose not to. But we can't force people to do it unless the those people are 100% willing.

well a ton of people are *scared* to get the vaccine due to misinformation, does that mean we should exempt them from getting it? and this is a large population of America at least, I don't know about other countries.

Jayna wrote: "well a ton of people are *scared* to get the vaccine due to misinformation, does that mean we should exempt them from getting it? and this is a large population of America at least, I don't know ab..."

It's not misinformation. These cases of vaccine side effects are reported by several trusted news sources. It's not like they're just getting it off obscure magazines and random uneducated people.

Anshika wrote: "In India, I've seen 100k+ people being affected everyday. It's better now but still at least 30k+ cases are being reported.

Entire family got wiped out.. Worse, just 1 person in a family survived ..."
I half-way understand with you. If people want to get the vaccine they should have the opportunity to get it. But say, theirs a family who's not in the medical field and doesn't know a lot about the vaccine and doesn't feel safe getting it. How do you feel about that?

Also I did like your four posts above. They do have some good points and I'm sad to hear that so many people are suffering. If they want the vaccine, they should go it. If they can't, that's another problem.

And imagine what would happen if we forced, for example, the entire United States population to take the vaccine. There's no guarantee that 328 million people will all agree about it.

UMMMMM vaccine misinformation is everywhere. I know doctors who work with patients that come in saying things like "the pandemic is a conspiracy" and "the vaccine is going to plant a microchip in you" and this is a significant amount of people. Misinformation is a huge, central cause of the US's lower-than-necessary vaccine rates.

Jayna wrote: "UMMMMM vaccine misinformation is everywhere. I know doctors who work with patients that come in saying things like "the pandemic is a conspiracy" and "the vaccine is going to plant a microchip in y..."

Yes that is true........BUT, I'm talking about the cases of severe side effects of the vaccine. Misinformation plays a large part in non vaccination numbers, but there are also other reasons, and we should be considerate of them.
And if the reason is misinformation, we should be angry at the people who misinformed them, not the people who listened.

I think we really need to spread awareness about pros of vaccine.
Imo people denying vaccine are wrong but instead of forcing them we should try to put sense in them.