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I don't mean to imply a vaccine or bust is solely a teacher by Steelhop
issue. I've seen just as many parents comments (not here but elsewhere) say that they wouldn't send their kids to school or do anything without a vaccine. I guess you could infer my comment was about teachers but I wasn't even thinking about schools just everything when I wrote it. My comment that fear (which I am not arguing per se against) has driven a portion of the population to hysterics beyond some level of common sense.
Not to be nudge about it but the Canadian health minister stated the other day that even with a vaccine they would likely require masks and social distancing for years after the vaccine is implemented. That type of comment tends to be really counter productive in my view.