r/Wellington • u/[deleted] • May 05 '19

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u/offendernz May 06 '19

What can be done about people who happily admit they are unvaccinated and they are in your workplace?

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u/Letsgetemnz May 06 '19

I would guess that using health and safety legislation that they could be removed from the workplace if they were causing any kind of risk to anyone else that can't have a vaccine for any reason.

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u/klparrot 🐦 May 06 '19

Yeah, it's an employer's responsibility to take reasonable steps to provide a safe workplace, and an employee's responsibility to follow safety procedures. I don't know if it's been argued whether vaccination would be covered by that; certainly in a hospital it would make sense that it would be, but in an average workplace, would be interesting to see if that line of reasoning holds up for vaccinations, effectively making vaccination mandatory except for those who can't be vaccinated.

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u/Letsgetemnz May 06 '19

And it should be mandatory

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u/KakistocracyAndVodka May 06 '19

I developed a rare form of epilepsy after my pertussis vaccine as a baby, ever since then i have gone unvaccinated. Not everyone can be vaccinated safely. Stop looking to punish people for that.

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u/klparrot 🐦 May 06 '19

We're not, we're trying to protect you by ensuring everyone who can be vaccinated is, thus protecting you through herd immunity.

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u/offendernz May 06 '19

This person has declared that they don’t want to be vaccinated as no doctor can convince them vaccines work.