A handful of Ottawa businesses say they won't require vaccine passports

 I call bullshit on this. A small number of businesses are agitating against proof of vaccination for their customers. They spout nonsense like:

“Your personal health status is irrelevant.” Well, no: if someone is sick, it’s very relevant to those around them.

Or this one: “my freedoms are being trampled”. Despite what you might think, ‘freedom’ has never been absolute; you are not free to hit someone because you don’t like them; you’re not free to ignore red lights because you feel like it.

Or it’s a “personal choice”, as if that was ever up for debate. Of course it’s a personal choice, but if you chose not to get vaccinated, there are consequences. That’s sorta the way of the world, isn’t it?

All business are licensed in various ways; one of the consequences of not following licensing guidelines is losing your license, or otherwise being shut down. So don’t get all 10 –year-old on us with “your not the boss of me.” Man/woman up, show the vast majority that you actually care enough by following the guidelines.