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What good are vaccine passports?

Re: Ontario reveals vaccine passport plan (Sept. 2)

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By the stroke of a pen (Doug Ford’s), hundreds of thousands of Ontarians have been made into second-class citizens in their province.

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Soon they will not be able to go to restaurants, gyms, sporting events and various indoor gatherings because for valid personal reasons they have chosen not to be injected with the COVID vaccine.

Many of these people already have had COVID and have recovered, which gives them far better immunity than any vaccine.

Many people object to vaccines for religious reasons in the way that Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions. Doug Ford is either ignorant of religious freedoms or has decided to trample on them.

And there are thousands of others who simply feel that it is “their body and their choice.” They want no part of a massive experiment that could jeopardize their personal health.

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The COVID vaccines were never designed to prevent contagion by and transmission of the virus. In other words, a vaccinated person can get and spread COVID just as readily as an unvaccinated one.

So what good are vaccine passports?

Werner Broschinski,
Princeton

Heed university faculty

The University of Waterloo sent out an email on Aug. 24 indicating that “proof of vaccination is now required for campus access” for everyone affiliated with the university. Such, of course, would include all students, staff and visitors.

In an open letter, directed toward the university and signed by faulty members, other medical professionals, parents and students, a group demanded that the “unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate” be rescinded. The letter went on to say that “these mandates are unlawful, and their net effect will be to cause disease, not prevent it.”
The letter is headed by Dr. Michael Palmer, a medical doctor and faculty member, and also signed by a pharmacist, several PhD researchers, and several doctorate-level medical experts. The letter points out that the university’s mandate violates existing employee contacts and individual liberties under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The letter also points out the ”grave adverse effects of the COVID vaccines,” which include blood clots, myocarditis, pericarditis and death. Given the fact that the government of Canada has set aside $75 million to cover funeral and burial costs, as well as vaccine injuries, caused by the vaccines, the letter’s claims appear absolutely valid.
Dr. Palmer and his group are not a collection of uninformed, fanatical anti-vaxxers, but are highly qualified professionals expressing their serious concerns about vaccine safety and unconstitutional vaccine mandates. In essence, they are risking their jobs to do so. Their voices need to be heard, and heeded.
John Harley Whitlock
Brantford

Lack of respect

Re: Municipal councils back merger of power utilities (Sept. 1)
Once again, Brantford city council shows its total lack of respect for residents and basically does what it wants . A recent online forum in regards showed that about 70 per cent of the respondents did not want Brantford Power to merge with Energy Plus Inc.. But city council could care less.
Considering some of the recent actions of this council, including the sale of Arrowdale, it makes a person wonder about the integrity of this group.
Steve Whines

Brantford
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