In much of the West, the walls are closing in on anti-vaxxers

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Republican governors in the United States may be championing the cause of the vaccine resistant and suing to stop mandates imposed by the Biden administration. But elsewhere in the West, the jab-less are increasingly becoming personae non gratae.

The omicron variant is exacting some of the highest infection rates of the pandemic, and the growing frustration of the vaccinated majority in the West against its unvaccinated minority is reaching a crescendo in some countries. Studies suggest omicron causes milder symptoms. Even so, the unvaccinated — at least those without valid medical reasons — are being blamed for overburdening hospitals by putting themselves, and society, at risk.

In Florida, for instance, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a law that barred companies and schools from insisting all their employees be vaccinated. Within the week, Disney halted its vaccine requirement for Walt Disney World workers.

Compare that to the stance of French President Emmanuel Macron, who vowed in less-than-tactful language last week to make the life of the unvaccinated a living hell.

Pushback from his political foes wasn’t enough to derail Macron’s plan to shrink the world of the unvaccinated. By an overwhelming 214-to-93 vote, the French parliament approved his bid to remove a loophole that had allowed the unvaccinated to get around French health restrictions on dining at cafes, riding trains and going to the movies by providing a negative coronavirus test.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/10/european-unvaccinated-anti-mandate/

[childfreebychoice]

1. Floriduh, and red states to be avoided at all cost. Just ask

AOC

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2. AOC

Just went to Florida on vacation for some reason. My stupid unvaxxed RWNJ brother called her a hypocrite for not staying in NY.

[Hortensis]

3. Any person of sense and integrity would have stayed safe in NYC.

Yes, that's a joke.

My sympathies to you for your brother. And for all of us for the worst that what should have been controlled in early 2020 brought out in us.

There's hope that omicron's close to peaking across the nation and in NY.

[Busterscruggs]

4. It has been miserable

I have been so diligent about getting vaccinated and fully bolstered. My RWNJ brother asks why I even bothered since I've been out of work so long from my PTSD. I don't know how many others suffer from family like this, but I am convinced that he is responsible for my parents being reluctant to help with my gaining assistance. He believes that Covid isn't as big of a deal as it really is. I know better because I am always watching CNN. Sorry for the long rant, but it's been a very stressful past few days

[Hortensis]

6. I am so sorry, Buster. One of the most horrible effects is

what it's doing to so many homes and families. This very troubled period will pass someday and everyone will hate to look back on it. Please do what you can to protect yourself until better times. We know that cable "news" and social media are very stressing in more than small doses.

[Busterscruggs]

8. Thank you for being

Such a comforting person. After seeing how this whole pandemic has changed my family, it's even hard to go to my parents house to see my kids and eat there. They have said so many horrible things about my work and mental history and the kids are starting to show signs of believing them. I hope that my brother isn't telling them Trump lies on top of all that too. Thank you for your kindness

[Hortensis]

9. God! You must be stronger than you may sometimes feel.

Hang in, and I guess continue to focus on what's good.

[3Hotdogs]

5. Not to worry. Every day, there are fewer and fewer

anti-vax assholes to ruin it for the rest of us.

Maybe soon, there won't be any left.

[Hortensis]

7. Close 1 out of every 300 Americans have died from Covid.

That's a holocaust, all right, but not one working for good.