More than one in four Canadians support jail time for the unvaccinated

[Badenoch]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...accinated-poll

More than one in four Canadians support jail time for the unvaccinated, poll finds

Author of the article:
Anja Karadeglija
Publishing date: Jan 19, 2022

Many Canadians are in favour of harsh punishments for the unvaccinated, with 37 per cent saying in a new poll it would be acceptable to deny them publicly-funded health care and 27 per cent that it would be OK to go as far as a short jail sentence.

A majority of Canadians have little sympathy for the unvaccinated, said John Wright, executive vice-president of Maru Public Opinion, which conducted the poll on Jan. 14 and 15. Maru surveyed an online panel of 1,506 Canadians.

It found two-thirds of Canadians are in favour of mandatory vaccines for everyone over the age of five. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said earlier this month that mandatory vaccinations are on the horizon, and something that provincial governments should be discussing.

The poll also asked about various punitive measures for those who would refuse a mandatory vaccination. Thirty-three per cent of the survey respondents said it would be acceptable to not allow them to renew their drivers licence.

Another 37 per cent said it would be ok to refuse to allow them access to any publicly funded hospital/medical services. More than a quarter, 27 per cent, said it would be acceptable to make them serve up to five days as part of a jail sentence for endangering others/overwhelming (the) healthcare system.

Wright said that with the spread of the Omicron variant, many Canadians are now experiencing a de facto withdrawal of medical services.

"An increasing group of people either can't get access to the medical care that they need or they're seeing members of their family or their circle being refused that same kind of treatment," he said.

The viewpoint, Wright said, is that if an unvaccinated person hasn't taken any precaution whatsoever, why should you be more at the front of the line than others who have done all the right things, and they aren't able to get access to treatment, including people who have had cancer treatment delayed by months.

Sixty-one per cent of the respondents said it would be ok to make the unvaccinated pay a monetary healthcare surcharge on their taxes of up to $150 per month. That's the same percentage that said it would be ok to make such individuals pay out of pocket for the full medical costs if they are admitted to hospital or the ICU with COVID-19.

"The sentiment out there is, if you're going to clog up the healthcare system, then you're going to pay for it yourself," Wright said.

Asked how they view those who refuse to be vaccinated, 48 per cent of respondents said those individuals were responsible for overwhelming the health care system, and 40 per cent described them as people "who are holding us back from having a new normal life." Another 36 per cent said they were "misguided conspiracy theorists" and were "endangering society."

More than three-quarters of those surveyed, 77 per cent, said it would be acceptable to put in place restrictions barring those who would refuse a mandatory vaccination from entering public spaces like liquor and cannabis stories, libraries, restaurants, cinemas and retail outlets.

Quebec has already moved on some of those measures. New rules requiring proof of vaccination to enter a liquor or cannabis store came into effect Tuesday, and the province has also promised to implement a tax on unvaccinated adults.

There were some with a more favourable view of the unvaccinated. Twenty-seven per cent said they were "good people with legitimate reasons/concerns" and 12 per cent went further, describing them as "heroes for free speech/choice." That's three per cent more than the nine per cent of the respondents who were unvaccinated themselves.

When those individuals were asked why they refused a vaccination, 45 per cent said they were "defending my civil liberty to make a choice for me." A similar proportion, 42 per cent, said they were waiting for more data on safety of the vaccines.

Other reasons cited by the unvaccinated included being anxious or scared about how the vaccine could affect them (28 per cent) and not wanting the government to tell them what to do (22 per cent).

Others cited conspiracy theories, like that the vaccine could affect their genetic structure (21 per cent), that COVID is a hoax and not a killer (nine per cent) and global conspiracy to control those who get it" (four per cent).

[GloHole]

Well I'll be a daisy, your Russian keyboard has bled clean through and contaminated your article agent Badenoch.

[Badenoch]

Well I'll be a daisy, your Russian keyboard has bled clean through and contaminated your article agent Badenoch.

LOL. Try posting an article yourself from a reputable news outlet and you'll note that some formatting doesn't always copy the same. It's been corrected to resolve any confusion you might have.

The point is over a quarter of Canadians would delight in seeing anti-vaxxers behind bars. Personally I don't share that view because they are pretty much under house arrest already.

[oaknut]

Interesting, so basically a good chunk of the vaccinated respondents can be lumped into the same pool as racists. Good to know. 37% pushing for a segregated population is pretty hefty.

"You are different than I, you must go to jail, pay more tax and ride in the back of the bus."

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[impact]

The only ones going to jail are those who sow division among Canadians.

[SongDog]

Lol that's awesome. Throw me in jail if ya want, Just bring a big army when ya try it.

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[Patriot]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...accinated-poll

More discrimination and hate speech from woke left. Let's ask ourselves who's the real racists creating discrimination and divide.
Badenoch should we treat fat people drunks and junkies the same and put them in jail as well? After all they're using more hospital beds than unvaccinated

[Tigboy 304]

What a joke people with any common sense should be upset with the medicine being pushed instead of the unvaccinated. As any fool can see the so called vaccine isn't protecting them from the unvaccinated or the verified idiots. Cheers.

[MikePal]

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The point is over a quarter of Canadians would delight in seeing anti-vaxxers behind bars.

That fact that you take glee in that says a lot about you..sad .

I don't share that view because they are pretty much under house arrest already.

I didn't see any 'verified' in the restaurants this morning, sitting in line at the drive-thru with the great unwashed...no preferential treatment whatsoever.

[Badenoch]

That fact that you take glee in that says a lot about you..sad .

The full quote is:

The point is over a quarter of Canadians would delight in seeing anti-vaxxers behind bars. Personally I don't share that view because they are pretty much under house arrest already.

I take no particular glee that over a quarter of Canadians would see anti-vaxxers jailed and I don't share the sentiment.

I didn't see any 'verified' in the restaurants this morning, sitting in line at the drive-thru with the great unwashed...no preferential treatment whatsoever.

When the current limitations are lifted (probably next week) anti-vaxxers will be able to press their noses against the windows and see the vaccinated enjoying themselves inside.