Vaccine passports and bodily autonomy.

25 year olds without underlying health conditions are more likely to die of the flu than COVID.

A vaccine developed less than a year ago by definition doesn't have information on long term effects, because it can't.

After every adult has the opportunity to be vaccinated, they can make their own risk assessments about both whether or not they want the shot to whether or not they want to hang out with 25 year olds or any other group.

I'm much more open to "slippery slope" concerns than I used to be.

I used to automatically file them under the person concerned "exaggerating the worst that could be of the thing they don't like rather than the step discussed", and automatically disingenuous hyperbole.

But I've seen so many temporary policies that became a permanent part of life, that I realize that a lot of things need to be opposed at their conception.

Twenty years ago, we weren't at war, much less with the world. There was no Department of Homeland Security or TSA or Patriot Act, much less a kill list used in countries we aren't at war with, and weren't holding people indefinitely at Gitmo or black sites. Nearly all of these were said to be temporary measures.

Bad powers given to government nearly always go one direction, expanding but not contracting. If the first step isn't stopped, the next step is often inevitable.

I don't think that a vaccine passport is gonna lead to genocide. But restricting not just travel but where you can go in your own state by government in order to control, punish, or reward? It coming to contain much more information about you than just whether you've had these particular shots?

I'd be lying if I didn't share those concerns. And talking about some of the details proponents of vaccine passports are proposing? They have features that are concerning as to where they could lead.

Some of it's proponents are openly talking about a database of personal information being used to determine not just who gets on a plane, but who is allowed to go to concerts, sporting events, restaurants, bars, and even grocery stores.

Personally, I'm still on the side of "if you're 25 without underlying health conditions, maybe you shouldn't get vaccinated, and still should be allowed freedom of movement and association and all the rest if the businesses facilitating your travel choose to allow you to use their services... Especially after population groups who are actually at serious risk have been given the option of vaccination".