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Regarding the collectivist sentiment reflected in that 74% survey figure, it is worth noting that burden of the restrictions were far from equitably distributed across the community. Imagine, for instance, the situation of someone who was wealthy and semi retired living in a North shore residence compared to a couple who have just lost their 'non essential' employment and who lives in a cramped tower block with three needy children.

Next, regarding the 57% in favour ofa mandatory COVID jabs, methinks they were given (by the media) an inflated perception of (A) the ratio of Vax effectiveness to Vax danger and an exaggerated perception of (B) the product of the disease contagion and disease potency. That is, their responses assumed dubious starting information. With both A and B very high (in FACT), the case for compulsion is strong.

I think exemptions on so called 'medical grounds' are problematic, meanwhile.

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Re: your first point this was also well made by the report

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