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I'm a little tired of the "slippery slope" argument (in general, and also in this instance). Because, yeah, the slope might be slippery but that doesn't mean we shouldn't go on the slope. It only means we must be (very well) prepared whenever we go on the slope.


History has shown time and time again that the slope always become slippery at some point.

In this case what is coercion or "consequences" of choosing to say no to the vaccine, will turn into something entirely different.

Here is one example on the subject of contact tracing for Covid and how it can be abused:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-seeks-to...




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