Thread by @rant_rn

1) Common themes in this @OntHumanRights statement:
- "protect people at work"
- "collectively protect the general public"
- "collective rights to health and safety"

ohrc.on.ca/en/news_centre…
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- "unless it would significantly interfere with people’s health and safety"
- "public health and safety"
- "would significantly compromise health and safety"

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Their (and the government's) ENTIRE justification for vaccine mandates is that the unvaccinated pose a risk to the health & safety of others.

This however is steeped in logical fallacies.

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2) On July 30th, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky clarified the facts about the vaccine & the Delta variant (the dominant variant AND reason for the mandates):
"...Delta infection resulted in similarly high SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in vaccinated and unvaccinated people...

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...High viral loads suggest an increased risk of transmission and raised concern that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with Delta can transmit the virus."
cdc.gov/media/releases…

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Aka...the VACCINATED have the SAME CAPACITY TO TRANSMIT the virus as the unvaccinated.

Aka...THIS vaccine does NOT protect others. It instead only (moderately) protects the person that was vaccinated.

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Aka...the vaccinated pose the SAME risk to the health & safety of others.

These facts have NOT changed.

In fact, they have been further validated on an ongoing basis since.

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3) According to Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, for "reasonable limits" to actually be considered reasonable - the onus is on the gov't to demonstrate that they are "demonstrably justified".

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" 'Demonstrably justified' connotes a strong evidentiary foundation. Cogent and persuasive evidence is generally required"
"Where scientific or social science evidence is available, it will be required"
justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rf…

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4) As viral load & transmission are INDEPENDANT of vaccine status - the smaller % of people who are unvaccinated do NOT "significantly compromise health and safety" of others - AND therefore limitations based on vaccination status CANNOT...

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...be "demonstrably justified" - AND are therefore NOT "reasonable limits".

#FactsNotFear
#stoplivinginfear
#pushback !!!

H/T to facebook.com/lawandreligion… for posting the OHRC's statement.

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