Civil rights going kaput

Vincent J. Curtis

21 Aug 21

Where are all the civil rights groups and labour lawyers when you really need them?

The weekend papers were full of stories on compulsory vaccination as a condition of future employment.  “It’s just the right thing do!” exclaim the various spokesmen.  The City of Hamilton, Metrolinx, the RBC, TD, and CIBC banks are either on the verge or have announced compulsory vaccination for all employees.  The Deputy Speaker of the Ontario legislature lost his job because he declined vaccination.

This forced violation of bodily integrity deserves to be tested in court, if nothing else than to place limits on what employers can, after the fact, demand of their workers.  This is especially necessary now that the efficacy of vaccines are being called into question. 

Already, “experts” are saying that a third dose will be required for the vaccinated to maintain a sufficient level of protection against variants of COVID.  How many times does an employee have to be jabbed to be deemed employable?

What else could be demanded?  How about annual vaccinations against the seasonal flu?  Can, in future, birth control be required of women?  (And maybe men too, now that it’s popular to hold that men can become pregnant!)

People who have recovered from a COVID infection already have the anti-bodies, and it is contrary to the good practice of medicine to vaccinate a person against a disease he has already had.

It is well known that minorities lag behind the general population in rates of vaccination, meaning that compulsory vaccination will have a disparate impact on minorities.

Compulsory vaccination needs challenging in court.

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