Republicans push to ban "discrimination" against unvaccinated people

[Nevilledog]

https://www.axios.com/republicans-coronavirus-vaccines-discrimination-law-states-533503fb-fa83-43d0-bd51-2d614483d241.html

State Republican lawmakers around the country are pushing bills — at least one of which has become law — that would give unvaccinated people the same protections as those surrounding race, gender and religion.

Why it matters: These bills would tie the hands of private businesses that want to protect their employees and customers. But they also show how deep into the political psyche resistance to coronavirus vaccine requirements has become, and how vaccination status has rapidly become a marker of identity.

The big picture: On a national scale, well-known GOP figures have recently escalated their rhetoric about the vaccination effort, comparing it to Nazi Germany and apartheid.

* At a state level, there's more bite to the bark. Many Republican-led states have enacted some kind of restriction on vaccine mandates or vaccine "passports."

* And some state lawmakers are trying to make it illegal for employers, governments or private businesses to treat unvaccinated people any differently than vaccinated people, using the same language found in federal civil rights law.

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[LonePirate]

1. So they want to ban discrimination against a choice but not ban it for immutable matters?

Typical Republican bullshit.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Well, stupid people are going to die off at much higher rates, that much is clear ...

Kind of a reverse-Idiocracy situation.

The world needs these sorts of Darwinian lessons, frankly.

[smirkymonkey]

3. They are a threat to public health.

This is insane. Especially in situations where they are dealing with vulnerable populations such as hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities. Other people have rights too! These people are just fucked in the head. I am so sick of this bullshit.

[KentuckyWoman]

4. We could

Allow people to go unvaxed after they view a video of people dying from covid and get permission from a judge.

Then they can travel to the other side of the state to apply for a trans bronchial ultrasound. After the 2 day waiting period in hotels and missing work they can their ultrasound then sign swearing they understand if anyone dies that they passed covid to, it is an automatic sentence to a firing squad for murder.

Yes, I am being a jackass. No I in no way expect it to happen, nor should it.

[Nevilledog]

10. Not being a jackass.....it's a perfect example of their hypocrisy.

[Renew Deal]

5. This is usually done with proof of a negative test within a short time period

Are they doing that?

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Do ya think maybe we could use "stand your ground" to...

deal with this?

You threatened my life being unvaxxed, so I'm gonna shoot your ass.

[struggle4progress]

7. I have a sincere deeply-held personal belief that I should not help people spread diseases

[Thunderbeast]

8. When they show up coughing at the Emergency Room,

Send them away as soon as the positive test result arrives.

Your choice....Your consequence.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. How about laws that ban discrimination against people with a functioning brain.

That would throw the entire GOP into a tizzy.......

KY

[Aristus]

11. If an unvaccinated gay person wants a wedding cake,

does the baker have to make it now?

Just asking...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Good point!

[spanone]

12. thugs don't believe in protections surrounding race, gender or religion.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. They don't like the u-word.

They prefer to be called the Covid vaccine defiant, a minority in this country that had endured discrimination for several weeks now.