No one has a right to not do everything the government tells them to do.
Greece announced Tuesday that people 60 or older will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 16 or pay a monthly fine of 100 euros (about $114), Reuters reports.
Driving the news: “It’s the price to pay for health,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who added the decision to impose a fine “tortured” him.
The money collected will go to Greek hospitals fighting the pandemic, per Bloomberg.
…What he’s saying: “We are focusing our efforts on protection of our fellow citizens and for this reason their vaccination will be mandatory from now on,” Mitsotakis told a Cabinet meeting, according to Reuters.
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The average monthly pension in Greece is 730 euros (about $830), per Reuters.
Yes, it’s the price to pay for health. If you don’t want the vax to give you heart inflammation, you have to pay a fine.
We live in a demoncracy and people have voted for slavery, mass heart disease, and misery.