One of the effects of COVID-19 is to highlight one of the weaknesses of our democratic system. We are at the point where we need to protect the 10% unvaccinated at the expense of the 90% vaccinated.
Our decision-makers have their hands tied with laws that protect minorities; even those who know very well that their actions, or rather their inactions, harm the majority.
It seems like we have to get used to the idea that in our system it is normal to tell people who do things that have a positive effect on the community, such as getting vaccinated, that they have to sacrifice themselves for those who do not care, the community.
This is how our leaders tell us that it is very sad, but that they can do nothing but ask the vaccinated people who have been waiting for care for months, if not years, to wait again, because it is necessary to prioritize the care for the non-vaccinated who take their place. They have priority …
It is difficult to take measures to limit the damage, by imposing compulsory vaccination, because “it cannot be done”, the minority has rights… It is not done either to transfer the unvaccinated to the private network … they have rights …
And there you have it, the magic of democracy operates … the minority makes nursing staff sick, clogs up the already damaged health system, further exhausts nursing staff, and even forces the government to take exceptional measures by making the network work. of infected caregivers.
It therefore becomes necessary to take measures to counter the spread. And abracadabra, the majority find themselves hostage to the minority … Patients must continue to suffer, businesses and traders suffer losses, or even have to file for bankruptcy, the vaccinated must prevent themselves from seeing their loved ones, the children do not can go to school, parents do not know where to turn and governments will have to take on more debt.
With all this commotion, I found myself telling myself that some autocratic regimes do have certain advantages when it comes to making decisions that require the protection of the majority … To believe that the mixture of genres could be beneficial to all, even to a totalitarian minority!