Agreed. But there are businesses that will overcome by thinking outside the box and/or adapting to the current climate.To be honest, Covid isn't just "any threat", come on now.
Not many businesses were prepared for a 18 month global pandemic.
Vaccines and drugs are 2 different things. Many drugs approved for treatment end up having long term health issues because of repeatedly using them. Taking a pill daily for 2 years turns out to kill your liver, that kind of stuff. These can happen over time as opposed to immediately. The vast majority of severe adverse reactions to vaccines happen within a few months and most are in the same day. I am not aware of a vaccine that has shown to have long term impacts to someone that developed years after being vaccinated. Not saying it doesn't happen or can’t happen just that if it has happened in the past it was very rare.
My favorite higher end steak house was doing a package where they give you the raw steak and sides and also give you cooking instructions to make it at home. They were selling pretty well for Christmas and NYE . Still nowhere near what they would have made without a pandemic, but I’m hoping it’s enough to stay in business. They were doing signature drinks too.
This is why it it not being mandated. There are too many unknowns at this point. I don't think hospitals want the liability.
I work in the power industry so I’ve seen it first hand. A coal burning power plant employees about 5X as many people as one that burns natural gas so when a plant is converted it impacts the coal miners, the railroad workers and the guys at the plant. Lots of jobs lost.
Why do you think you'll miss work? The chances of severe reaction is super low. A sore arm 2 days is not enough for most to miss work. Schedule it for a Friday/day before scheduled time off if super worried.
The chances of me getting Covid are really low too. Chances are I'm already immune. Thanks for your concern, but I'll wait.
Nobody should mandate a vaccine that is only approved for emergency use. I don’t even think that’s legal or can certainly be challenged.
Not only that.. I remember enjoying them!
I agree with you, but I think that's going to be a big issue in the world down the road. People should be careful what they wish for as far as government mandates. It's a slippery slope that is for sure, probably not appropriate for this forum.
Life was so much simpler when frozen Ellios pizza on Friday was a huge treat
My choice right now is to keep doing what I've been doing the last 10 months. I've certainly helped many people and I haven't harmed anyone.
I don’t see a vaccine mandate for all Americans even after full approval. I could see certain private businesses and probably schools mandate it. Things like cruises and certain international flights could require it as well as possibly certain businesses like factories or hospitals or even WDW could mandate for workers. I assume there will be exceptions established just like current vaccine mandates. I don’t see it being a huge deal for most people.
I made this as a flippant remark in one of the Disneyland threads but it is true, most small businesses fail. Funny how that is an awful thing to say according to people saying “They were going to die soon anyway.”
It’s not reasonable because no part of the development related to safety was rushed or shortened. Long-term effects are essentially an anti-vaxxer talking point. The technology behind the vaccines was already in development. Trials were able to determine efficacy quickly because the disease is so widespread. The big speed-up was the starting of mass manufacturing before trials completed.
The fact is 1/3 of small businesses fail within the first year and 50% within 5 years. Restaurants are among the most volatile small businesses to open due to the fluctuations in the economy in general as well as people’s change in taste. Often when the economy constricts eating out is one of the first things people pull back on which makes restaurants more susceptible to economic downturns.
Nobody would disagree with people who own or work in businesses having the necessity and right to earn a living to avoid cataclysmic consequences for themselves and their families. However I (my opinion) believe that they should not necessarily be open but supported, adequately and significantly, by the government.
