![]() My objection is to a system which mandates vaccines and disclosure of status lying to participate in said system is a different form of fallacy, not to mention unethical. Some might consider lying, but to me, this is no answer. I'll accuse myself of being short-sighted, of being selfish, of being a poor provider for my family if I don't comply. I'll think of what I need to give up to accommodate a much smaller budget. I'll think of the charities and small businesses I will no longer be able to support financially if I don't comply and lose my job. ![]() The next week will be a torturous one full of doubt. I am sure for them as for me, the decision is an agonizing one. And I'm not alone across the nation, thousands and thousands of workers are quitting their jobs in protest of the mandate. I don't see how I can comply with something I object to for these reasons. And I object to this, especially since being vaccinated and disclosing this status doesn't immunize me against being terminated for other reasons. The compulsion negates any individual agency. One is told to choose the vaccine, but a compelled voluntary decision is neither voluntary nor a decision. One is told to "trust the science" and yet it doesn't take a scientist to know the scientific method is primarily used to disprove theories. And in lieu of information upon which one can make an informed decision, one is told to trust a government which has lied to us repeatedly, yet whose mandates can no longer be questioned. What we do know is that one can catch Covid, one can spread Covid, and one can even die from Covid while being fully vaccinated, albeit at much lower rates than the unvaccinated. I don't want to be forced to surrender my rights to participate in the system.Īnd that is even before we talk about the lack of reliable information on the origins of the virus this vaccine treats, or the conflicting information on how widespread the contagion is, or the uncertainty about the short-term side effects of the vaccines on offer and no data whatsoever on the long-term. Stephen Zenner/Getty Imagesīut I don't think it is right for me to comply with such a demand. Bethany Ross receives the COVID-19 Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine as part of a collaborative effort from the West Virginia National Guard, Famil圜are Health Centers and Toyota to vaccinate Toyota employees on March 26 on the grounds of the Toyota plant in Buffalo, West Virginia. It is wise for my employer to measure how big of an issue this will be and to prepare for many possible outcomes.Īt its current vaccination pace, West Virginia isn't expected to hit the 70 percent vaccine threshold until 2023. One can argue about how they have chosen to collect this data, or perhaps critique the zeal with which they are pursuing compliance, but it is the government which has essentially dictated people at companies like mine must get vaccinated and the government that will eventually get around to actually putting it in writing. I don't blame my employer I can honestly say that they are being proactive in measuring the status of their workforce. And that is all I am asking for-that same courtesy, to make up my own mind.īut this is no longer an option it has been replaced by the brute force of the government mandated one-size-fits-all solution, the Procrustean approach of shaping the individual to fit the desired outcome. That's a decision for every American to make for themselves. I'm not going to sit here and tell you not to get the vaccine. And outcomes are what matters.Īnd when it comes to the vaccine mandate, appeals to authority, emotion and bias have ruled the day. ![]() While fallacies may be useful and effective in shaping a narrative, they are unreliable as predictors of outcomes. The same goes for appeals to emotion, observational selection biases, and many other forms of data misinterpretation. One cannot accept arguments from authority because this is a logical fallacy. Thinking as a career requires one to question the validity of the data one is analyzing. I can't tell you where I work, but I can tell you that at my job, which I do from home where I am no threat to anyone but myself, I am paid to think, to analyze data, to identify risks, and to formulate plans to address said risks. But getting the vaccine under a government mandate flies in the face of so many of my beliefs, so much of who I am. Should I refuse to comply, termination is the likely outcome.Īnd I think I am going to refuse to comply. After weeks of anticipation, the email finally came: I was notified I had 10 days to inform my employer of my vaccination status. ![]()
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