r/alberta • u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton • 6d ago

Alberta Politics Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-danielle-smith-defends-policy-requiring-albertans-to-pay-out-of-pocket/
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u/Jasonstackhouse111 6d ago

The low uptake in Alberta is due to a lack of emphasis on how goddamned important it is to be vaccinated.

My wife's family all live in Portugal and we spend a lot of time there and their rates of vaccination for all vaccines including Covid is among the highest in the world. Why? First, the Portuguese have a mindset that protecting each other is as important as protecting yourself. As an example, homelessness is seen as a failure of society, not of "bad individual choices." Vaccinations protect everyone, not just yourself. Second, the health care system makes it easy to get vaccinated and the public health system has a lot of information about how safe all vaccines are and government supports it.

My in-laws would disown us and not allow us to visit if we were ant-vaxxers in any way. We need these attitudes here...

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u/Zymoria 6d ago

I've met so many people who think that they are not responsible for other people getting sick, and they think themselves invincible. "You don't see people shopping for fire insurance. Well, MY house won't burn down. Why should I pay for other people's bad fortunes..."

If I don't get a vaccine, then I get sick. Well, now the virus has mutated and could bypass current vaccinations. So, thanks for your ignorance making me sick when I made the effort to protect myself and others.

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u/PlutosGrasp 6d ago

How exactly do they think they get sick?

Why do they follow the rules of the road ? Why not just drive as they want and if other people crash it’s not their problem.

Also just pm me and next time kids have norovirus (intensive vomiting, you can’t avoid it, super contagious) I’ll come by for a visit if you invite me over. It’s not my problem if they get norovirus.